All-Time Favorites

It's really hard to keep track of all the books I've ever read, but there are some that stood out in my mind as being particularly awesome.  Here's a list of the books I loved most, in no particular order:


Realistic Fiction
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith
The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
If I Stay and Where She Went - Gayle Forman
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie - Jordan Sonnenblick

Romance (although this tends to go hand-in-hand with realistic fiction)
Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins
The Reluctant Heiress (and anything else by) - Eva Ibbotson
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight - Jennifer E. Smith

Fantasy/Magic/Paranormal/Supernatural
The Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling (my favorite books ever)
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
Graceling - Kristin Cashore
The Mortal Instruments series and The Infernal Devices series - Cassandra Clare

Futuristic/Dystopian
The Hunger Games series - Suzanne Collins
The Divergent series - Veronica Roth
A Long, Long Sleep - Anna Sheehan

Mystery
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Alan Bradley

Children's Books (than anyone can enjoy)
Winnie the Pooh - A. A. Milne
The Little House series - Laura Ingalls Wilder
Ballet Shoes (and anything else by) - Noel Streatfeild
The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
A Crooked Kind of Perfect - Linda Urban
The Underland Chronicles - Suzanne Collins
The Penderwicks series - Jeanne Birdsall
The Mysterious Benedict Society series - Trenton Lee Stewart