Oh, how I love books! It is, admittedly, an addiction. I could go into a bookstore and spend days, if not weeks there and not even notice the passage of time. (Just ask my children!) I don't care how many advances in technology there are or will ever be, NOTHING will ever be better than a tangible book, held in my hands, with the feel and smell and sound of the pages.
One day, long, long ago, I informed my husband that I was out of shelf space and needed another bookcase. He said, "I know! How about you stop buying books?" I laughed at him and replied, "Never gonna happen." I then reminded him that the prophet (Gordon B. Hinckley, then the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) continually counseled members to have good books in their homes. "So, get another bookcase--I'm just following the prophet!"
There are many, many good books in the world. More than anyone can read in a lifetime. I could start a list of "good" books and add to it into infinity. But the list on this page is of books that I consider to be the best, in the sense that they struck me to the core of my soul and made me want to be a better person. These are not the only books I really love and consider to be very good and time worthy. The books listed here are ones I consider to be life changing.
Check back because I'll always be adding to this list.
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Jacob Marley by William Bennett
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriett Beecher Stowe
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little Britches by Ralph Moody (and the rest of the series)
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (and the rest of the Time Quintet)
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Les Miserables is my favorite! I loved the recent Unbroken. I felt it surpassed even The Hiding Place for me. Great book list - there are several I can see I need to read.
ReplyDeleteSadly I have not had time to make much of my list here. I keep thinking I'll take this page down until it's complete. So many more books to add!
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