Baby/Parenting/Montessori Books
Excellent Fiction
I did my undergrad degree in English Lit, and if there is anyone currently trying to decide what to choose as a major - do it! It was a ton of work, of course, but while others were adding column after column of numbers over and over (psych) or trying diligently to stay awake throughout Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (philosophy), I was devouring three or four books a week of, most of the time, amazing fiction and prose that would forever influence my choice of reading material.
Since then, I have 'broadened my horizons' somewhat (aka become less of a literature snob) as I began to understand the pull of a great, trashy read while lying poolside, and so on. I have even read most of John Grisham's novels and LOVE them. (Note: I KNOW John Grisham is not trashy. You needn't email me your complaints.)
So, below is a list (ongoing) that I have compiled based on nothing but pure enjoyment of a read. I LOVE every single one of these books, regardless of genre, author, or audience. They simply captured my heart, if for a short time.
Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt
Any Known Blood, Lawrence Hill
A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving
Childhood, Andre Alexis
Fall on Your Knees, Ann-Marie MacDonald
Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift
Half of a Yellow Sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I Know This Much is True, Wally Lamb
In the Skin of a Lion, Michael Ondaatje
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
Lord of the Flies, William Golding
Love you Forever, Robert Munsch
My Antonia, Willa Cather
Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austin
She's Come Undone, Wally Lamb
Surfacing, Margaret Atwood
The Book of Negroes, Lawrence Hill
The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer
The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom
The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold
The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
The Stone Diaries, Carol Shields
The World According to Garp, John Irving
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
White Oleander, Janet Fitch
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
