Favorite Books and Authors

*This list is subject to change and/or rearrangement.  They are favorites based on how I identified with the characters and plot, how excited I was to read it at the time, how I remember the book looking back over time, what impact the book had on me, how satisfied I was with the book overall.

TOP 20 FAVORITE BOOKS:

1. “The Chronicles of Narnia Series,” by C. S. Lewis

2. “Christy,” by Catherine Marshall

. 3.  “Daddy-Long-Legs,” by Jean Webster

4. “The Story Girl,” by L. M. Montgomery

5. “Pat of Silver Bush Series,” by L. M. Montgomery

6. “Tales of Magic” Series by Edward Eager

7. “Anne of Green Gables” Series by L. M. Montgomery

8. “Persuasion,” by Jane Austen

9. “Pride and Prejudice,” by Jane Austen

10. “Watership Down,” by Richard Adams

11. “Jane Eyre,” by Charlotte Bronte

12. “Little Women,” by Louisa May Alcott

13. “Wonderland Creek,” by Lynn Austin

 

14. “Around the World in 80 Days,” by Jules Verne

15. “Pollyanna,” by Eleanor H. Porter

16. “Sense and Sensibility,” by Jane Austen

 

17. “Eight Cousins” & “Rose in Bloom,” by Louisa May Alcott

 

18. “Emily of New Moon” series, by L. M. Montgomery

 

19. “From Dust and Ashes,” by Tricia Goyer

 

20. “Titus Groan,” by Mervyn Peake

 

 

 

 

TOP 20 FAVORITE AUTHORS:

1. C. S. Lewis

2. Catherine Marshall

3. Jean Webster

4. L. M. Montgomery

5.  Edward Eager

6. Jane Austen

7. Richard Adams

8. Charlotte Bronte

9. Louisa May Alcott

10. Lynn Austin

 

11. Jules Verne

12. Eleanor H. Porter

13. Tricia Goyer

 

14. Mervyn Peake

 

15. Sharon Garlough Brown

 

16. Anne Morrow Lindbergh

 

17. Edward Payson Roe

 

18. E. Phillips Oppenheim

 

19. Gene Stratton-Porter

 

20. Katherine Reay