Below, I have listed the favorite books and authors that were mentioned in the comments of The Summer Reading Book Giveaway Number One. I am listing them both for myself and for anyone else who is looking for a good read.
The first part of the list includes only the names of the books and authors that were mentioned. Following the list, are the comments and descriptions that were left with the books. The comments are helpful if you want a bit more information about the books. I trimmed the comments down just a tiny bit to make it easier to read.
I hope to eventually get through this list of books myself, though it may take years. Several of them are old favorites of mine, a few of them are books I re-read every year, but many of them are completely new to me and I am looking forward to checking them out.
BUT FIRST, I still have to get through all the Beverley Nichols books I recently purchased.
Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.
Wow!
The Kite Runner
There is just something about this book and I love how it wraps around you.
Where The Red Fern Grows
justaroundthecorner said…
I love this story and tend to chase people down in the kid section of the bookstore and suggest they read it.
donna said…
“An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of My Rural Boyhood” by Jimmy Carter.
Or Seabiscuit.
Honestly, who can pick just one favorite book?
gina said…
Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach (I am the self help queen…maybe I can send some along to you?…Not that you need any self help…I mean, just a suggestion…I’m pretty crazy, but you just may be nuttier than me :)
melissa said…
I have always loved Please Don’t Eat The Daises by Jean Kerr. I read it when I was 15 and have always had a copy on my book shelf. I just reread it again about a month ago. She makes me want to write.
stephanie said…
OMG I have way to many to mention..Off the top of my head
The Ivy Tree Mary Stewert
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Elizabeth Speare
Rosamunde Pilcher
Louis L’Amour
jeanette from texas said…
Anything by Mauve Binchy. I love the settings in Ireland.
I have one all time quirky favorite, Confederacy of Dunces. It is weird, funny and for some reason I love it.
To Kill a Mockingbird was one of the first favorites.
Dee from Tennessee
hw said…
“Follow the River” by James Alexander Thom. I like any of his books. They are all historical; but I read any genre.
jenn said…
My very favourite book is
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood.
The Secret Garden”.
I just love that book! As a child/preteen, I also loved to read anything by Lois Lenski…since I am from Florida, my favorite book of hers is “Strawberry Girl”.
Deb in Florida
suzanne said…
Cross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a close second.
I love Rawlings though. I visited her home in Cross Creek, Florida, which is now a home museum. It was like walking into a time machine, back to the old Florida that I remember from the summers of my childhood in the early 1950′s. It was magic.
Although I have many, many favorite books, when someone asks me the title of my favorite book, for some reason, I always think of the books I loved as a child first. My favorite book of all time is
“Little Women.” : )
Mrs. I.
julie said…
I have so many favorite books. I love
The Outsiders,
Anne of Green Gables,
Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas,
My Sister’s Keeper,
The Man who Loved Clowns,
Spirit Bear.
Oh, how I love books.
noble pig said…
Oh my fave…
The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan…love it…just love.
I have so many favorites, but right now I would have to say
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, or
Joy in the Morning, both by Betty Smith.
I can read just about anything though. My favorite pasttime.
Wendy Clark
kristin said…
I love so many books it is hard to pick. The book that sucked me into my all time love of reading was
Little House on the Prairie. I still enjoy that one with my daughter. I also recently read
Pride and Predjudice and will read any of
Karen Kingsbury,
Dee Henderson or
Beverly Lewis for lighter reads.
David Baldacci and John Grisham when I’m in the mood for a thrill.
foofeee said…
Right now, anything by Lynn Kurland.
Philippa Gregory is an all time favorite.
How about a favorite poem? I can do that!
“Little Boy Blue” by Eugene Fields.
June 7, 2008 10:37 AM
mer said…
My favorite book is Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. It is a beautifully written story!!
jenny said…
I recently read Cold Comfort Farm that you had recommended on your blog and it was great! Quirky…very, very funny!
When talking about favorites I think I go for romantic, cultural…tragic? – the deep stuff, because my favorite book list includes Cold Mountain,
Snow Falling on Cedars and
Memoirs of a Geisha.
It also includes Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice.
leah said…
Okay, I know I sound like a total geek and this is such an un-original choice, but it’s To Kill a Mockingbird. True!
mcatho said…
One of My favorites—I have many as I am an avid reader– is
She’s come Undone by Wally Lamb.
jenni said…
Just one favorite…..um…
Gone with the Wind, maybe. But really I have tons of favorites.
JustAroundTheCorner mentioned Where the Red Fern Grows, just the mention of that book brought a tear to my eye. I haven’t thought of that one in such a while.
karen yvonne said…
Jane Eyre . . . When I was in high school, talking in study hall one day, my English teacher who was monitorint the SH pulled Jane Eyre off the bookshelf, told me to be quiet, and to read the first 100 pages before I decided I did not want to read the book. Of course, long before 100 pages, I was hooked and have read it several times, enjoying it every single time.
heidi in wisconsin said…
Sacagawea – By Anna L. Waldo… I read this book over and over and over again in high school. The one I cherish the most is a smut novel by an unknown author. It makes me fall in love with my hubby all over again – no Fabio is not on the cover! Its a sensual Native American man with gorgeous black hair to his waste. Reminds me SO MUCH of my blonde, blued eyed,geeky, Norwegian husband that I want to have more of his children – that is after I have this one in July. LOL
cheryl said…
Gosh, I have so many favorites that it is hard to choose. I guess
“The Memory Keeper’s Daughter” is the latest one I have read and thoroughly enjoyed.
My favorite book is
“The Girl with the Pearl Earring”. I have never read a book that I felt more in the book than reading it. I heard the sounds, smells the odors and enjoyed the period of time.
Pat
pvpineknot@yahoo.com
kim said…
Off the top of my head, I think,
The Red Tent is my favorite book.
I would like to thank you for the wonderful reminder of,
The Egg & I.
I had forgotten all about this terrific book!
kelly myers said…
O Rugged Land of Gold by Martha Martin. I read it every year about fall/winter time and it does inspire me.
karly said…
I have bunches of favorite books but my favorite so far is
Twilight and Eclipse and New Moon they are great and they are by Stephenie Meyers.
kc said…
They are a trilogy by
Brendan O’Carroll. The Mammy, The Chisellers and The Granny
I have so many “favorite” books that I can’t choose just one!!! I’m currently reading
>Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum and I am absolutely riveted by
the family secrets of Nazi Germany! SO good!
Kristina in Nebraska
hazel said…
My favorite book would have to be
Little Women. My mother used to read to us when we were very young and this book impressed more on me than any of the others. I think I always wanted to be Jo!!
pat said…
My goodness gracious me…you won’t believe this. I was thinking about Betty M’s Oninons in the Stew, the other day! I would love to read that book again. Even though I was actually on the earth at the time it was first published, I wasn’t old enough to read. I actually read it after seeing the movie and I believe that was about 45 or so years ago! Oh and we have quite a little collection of Ma & Pa K, movies. It’s amazing how much our 18 year old granddaughter loves to watch those movies and has watched them many times over the past few years!
I’ve read The Plague and I, By Betty, also.
My favorite book. The one I go back to again and again and no matter how many times I read it I love it even more is
To Kill a Mockingbird.
I actually read that book when it first came out. I think I might have been late teens or twenty.
pamelotta said…
I don’t get a lot of time to read, so all the books I’m reading right now are in a stack on my nightstand and they are as follows:
The Encyclopedia of Country Living,
Taking Charge of Your Fertility,
Nourishing Traditions,
Living with Chickens,
and the one I just finished yesterday,
The Shack
The Shack is my current favorite. I’ll let you know about the rest. I’m obviously more into non-fiction than fiction.
J
karen deborah said…
I think my favorite is whatever I just read or am reading. I recently finished
“The Secret Life of Bees” it was a great story. MY house is so full of books it looks like a library. I have never heard of this book and some of your other titles so it will be fun to see what they are like. Ma & Pa Kettle were some of my childhood favorites. One you might enjoy that is really funny is,
“Mama Makes up Her Mind,” by Bailey White.
donna boucher said…
So hard to pick.
I will say….
The Princess Bride.
marmee said…
Jane Eyre
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Kite Runner
just to name a few….
maudie-mae said…
I have too many to choose from
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Ordinary Princess
for fluff reading I like Julie Garwood’s historical romances
for serious reading
He’s God and We’re Not by Ray Pritchard
Max Lucado
David Jeremiah
Luci Swindoll
Marilyn Meberg
my problem is that I work in one of those used book stores that lists books on Alibris (as well as a couple of other sites) and anything I want to bring home from the store is MINE MINE MINE to read. I have a stack of books beside my side of the bed that comes to the window sill, and then I have a floor to ceiling book case FULL. Sigh
darlene said…
One of my favorites is
“Dear Bess”.
The letters from Harry to Bess Truman 1910 to 1959.
I learned a lot about President Truman from these letters. A great read.
H
beth said…
It’s so hard to decide, but I can’t help but list the
Anne of Green Gables series.
One of my more recent reads, though, is
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter.
Some of my favorites are
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty,
The Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, and
Alaskan/Canadian memoirs like -One Man’s Island – the author and his wife bought an island off the coast of British Columbia in the 1940′s and homesteaded there. I also love to read interesting and old cookbooks. Nancy in AK
kari said…
Before I started homeschooling (and reading REALLY good books – where every.stinkin’.one is my favorite) I read all the
Cathie Pelletier books I could get my hands on. She has such a warped sense of humor…and laughing inappropriately at situations at home is much more fitting than doing so in real life.
waterside living said…
Well, of course
Pride & Prejudice, but where’s the fun and originality in that? So I’ll mention another of my favorites:
Raney, by Clyde Edgerton. A bust-a-gut funny story of a young bride in small town North Carolina. In fact, its been so long since I read it I might have to go find it and read it again!
liz said…
James Herriot books (English country vet) -I’ve read, re-read, read to my kids and read again. I’ve laughed till I couldn’t read through the tears. His story telling is the best! Warm, funny,sad..it’s all there.
p said…
Gosh I have so many–it does not happen very often that you do notfind me reading something. My son just finished the book Were the Red Fern Grows and I picked that up to re re re read again today. Thanks for the chance.
susan p. said…
Speaking of reading…My favorite usually depends on what I’ve just read and liked. Most recently that was
Sandra Dallas, Chili Queen.
Right now I’m reading a
Dorothy Cannell mystery which is fun.
cynthia said…
I think that my fave is Many Waters by Madeleine L’Engle.
Or Northanger Abbey,
or The Cat who series,
or the Brother Cadfael series
amy w said…
My favorite – “To Kill a Mockingbird”
coffee bean said…
I love so many books… there are just so many wonderful ones out there… but, I’d have to say
Jane Eyre is my favorite if I can only say one.
rachel keller said…
My favorite books is
Pride and Prejudice, for obvious reasons, I cant get over the crush I had on Mr Darcy when I was 16…I go all giggly when I think of it and read the beloved words again!
beth c said…
I love lots of books, but my absolute favorite is
The Habit of Being, which are Flannery O’Conner’s letters. It’s an amazing book on many levels.
jeannie in okc said…
I’m a voracious reader, and I love many books. One adult book that comes to my mind is
A Prayer for Owen Meanie (Meany?). Loved that one!
Since I write for children, I seem to mostly read children’s books. Some of them are great literature. One I just reread while teaching my fourth grade class is
Because of Winn Dixie. It is a beautiful book about loss and forgiveness.
mama bear said…
Too many books to choose from! I read anything and everything.
Harry Potter,
Laura Ingalls Wilder,
Stephen King, you name it! Usually I find one author and if I like his/her book, I read everything written by him/her.
I recently enjoyed reading
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult. Excellent! I plan to go to the library tomorrow to search out another of hers and will probably have read every one of her books by the end of summer.
mrs. c said…
I have a lawn mower just like Betty’s and I use it!
Oh, but my favorite book. Today it is
Bloody Kansas by Sara Paretsky.
But tomorrow it maybe something else, like the
Happy Hollisters.
June 8, 2008 8:38 PM
marie said…
I can’t seem to get out of the childrens room at the library with all of my kids, so all I can get my hands on is Childrens Lit. I recently enjoyed
The Theif by Megan Whalen Turner.
June 8, 2008 9:33 PM
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