Recommended Reading

I love reading all types of books.  When I was in school I always had a paperback stacked on top of my school books and I read through many of my classes and late into the night.  Even today I read at traffic lights, in waiting rooms, and in line at the grocery store.  Nothing thrills me more than ending my day with a good book.

Here are some of my favorites, (the list could get very long.)  You may notice that I like to read books that are part of a series.  It's hard for me to say good bye to characters that I love, so I like to keep reading about them.  If I find an author I really like, I always look for other things they've written so many of these are multiple books by the same author.

If you love to read— consider writing a book one day!  Writing Tips

Young Adults

  The Scorpion King, The Sea of Trolls and A Girl named Disaster 

                        by Nancy Farmer

  Ender series, Shadow puppets, etc.

                        by Orson Scott Card

  The Spiderwick Chronicles

                        by Tony DiTerizzi and Holly Black

  Harry Potter (Every one of them)

                        by J.K. Rowling 

  Homeless Bird 

                        by Gloria Whelan

  The Hatchet and The Transall Saga 

                        by Gary Paulsen

  Shadow Children Books (7 of these) 

                        by Margaret Peterson Haddix and Cliff Nielsen

  Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (All Three)

                        by Ann Brashares

  The Secret Life of Bees 

                        by Sue Monk Kidd

  Rodeo Summer 

                        by Stephen Law

  Speak 

                        by Laurie Halse Anderson

  Dragon Rider, Inkheart, Inkspell, & Inkdeath

                       by Cornelia Funke

  Twilight series

                       by Stephanie Meyer

  The Bean Trees

                      by Barbara Kingsolver

Adults

  The Time Traveler's Wife

                        by Audrey Niffenegger

  Eat, Pray, Love

                        by Elizabeth Gilbert

  A New Lu  and Crossing The Line

                        by Laura Parker Castoro

  The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant  (7 books so far)

                        by Stephen R. Donaldson

  Stephanie Plum Novels (Around a dozen of these now.)

                        by Janet Evanovich

  The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (all three.)

                        by J.R.R. Tolkien

  The Accidental Tourist

                        by Anne Tyler

  The Art of the Steal and Catch Me If You Can

                        by Frank W. Abagnale

  The Stand

                        by Stephen King

  Lisey's Story

                        by Stephen King

  Lilla's Feast

                        by Frances Osborne

  Rising From the Plains

                        by John McPhee

  Diving into Darkness: A True Story of Death and Survival

                        by Phillip Finch

Books on Writing

  The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers

                        by Christopher Vogler

  On Writing

                        by Stephen King

  Eats, Shoots, & Leaves

                        by Lynne Truss

  Spunk & Bite

                        by Arthur Plotnik

  Creating Characters Kids Will Love

                        by Elaine Marie Alphin

  Stein on Writing

                        by Sol Stein

  The Hero with a Thousand Faces

                        by Joseph Campbell

  Character & Viewpoint

                        by Orson Scott Card

  The AP Style Guide

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