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Adult Fiction
Little Women—Louisa May Alcott
~The classic novel about four sisters growing up in the late 1800’s
Into The Woods—VC Andrews
~Part of the DeBeers series, this is the story of a girl who leaves her sensible life as the daughter of a military man when he dies in a plane accident, and moves to the glitz and glamour of the Florida beaches with her mother.
Tuck Everlasting—Natalie Babbit
~Tuck Everlasting is the story of young Winnie Foster and the Tucks, a family who has a huge secret as timeless as the earth….
A Satire of the Sexes—Brantenberg
~An interesting story that looks at what the world would be like if women were the dominant sex.
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants-- Ann Brashars
~The story of a pair of pants and four friends going separate ways for the summer for the first time. A great coming of age type story.
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood—Ann Brashars
~As the title suggests, the second summer with the pants. Shocking the girls haven’t grown! Hehe.
The Sword of Shannara—Terry Brooks
~The Sword of Shannara must be used to defeat the evil lord, but can only be wielded by Shea the last heir to the sword.
The Incredible Journey—Shiela Bumford
~The story of three lost pets, two dogs and a cat, trying to find their way home through the wild mountains
The Summer of the Swans—Betsy Byars
~The story of a girl learning to understand her handicapped brother.
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul III—Canfield, Jack
~ The third installment of the Teenage Chicken Soup series. Stories about dating, friendship, family and more.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland—Louis Carrol
~ When Alice follows a rabbit down its hole, she finds herself in Wonderland, a place where nothing is as it should be
The Perks of Being A Wallflower—Stephen Chvosky
~ A book that is bound to be made into a movie, this is the tale of a boy going into high school and being confronted by drugs, sex, peer pressure and parental pressure, and seeing the world in a whole new light.
Abeng- Michelle Cliff
~ A coming of age story that also tells the story of colonial Jamaica
The Face on the Milk Carton—Caroline B. Cooney
~ Janie Johnnson’s life is going great until she recognizes her three year old face on the back of a milk carton at school. What secrets does her past hold and where does she go from here?
The Red Badge of Courage—Stephen Crane
~ The story of the trials a young man goes through in the Civil War as he learns to be a man.
Mommy Dearest—Christina Crawford
~ This is the story of Christina Crawford’s own life, growing up with her alcoholic, abusive actress mother, Joan Crawford.
The Witches—Roald Dahl
~ A boys mother tells him there are real witches, who can smell children and it makes them sick! Then at a hotel he finds out that there is a secret witch convention going on! They turn him into a mouse but can he still stop them?
Robinson Crusoe—Daniel Defoe
~ The classic adventure by Daniel Defoe
A Knight In Shining Armor—Jude Deveraux
~ A widow is depressed and feels like she will never fall in love again. Then she is sent back in time and swept off her feet.
The Great Cases of Sherlock Holmes—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
~ The classic tales of mystery solved by the most famous sleuth ever.
So You Want to be a Wizard—Duane
~ Nita is running from a bully and hides in the library, where she finds a book called So You Want To Be a Wizard. Things sure have changed since the days of Merlin as she finds out when she meets Kit who becomes her partner and they battle an evil being.
Deep Wizardry---Duane
~ More wizardry as Nita and Kit battle evil yet again, this time alongside whales in the ocean
High Wizardy—Duane
~ Shockingly, Nita’s younger sister becomes a wizard too, but before she learns the rules she’s off on another planet! Can Nita and Kit save her?
A Wizard Abroad—Duane
~ To get her away from Kit for awhile, Nita’s parents send her to Ireland to see her aunt. Ireland is more full of wizardry than New York , and its dangerous too, can Nita and her friends stop the evil once and for all?
Down A Dark Hall—Lois Duncan
~ Against her will Kit is specially selected to go to a boarding school far from home, but when she gets there, there are only six students. Then strange things begin to happen to all the girls that they can’t explain. Whats really going on?
Rewind—Terry England
~ Six people are in a museum made from an abandoned space ship when the doors suddenly close. When they open again, all their bodies have been rewound to 11 years old. Was the space ship really abandoned? What happened?
Rage—Elizabeth Ergas
~ The story of an amulet that has held a woman’s rage for a hundred years and releases it in anyone who wears the amulet.
The Horse Whisperer—Nicholas Evans
~ After losing her leg in a terrible accident that drives her horse insane a girl thinks she will never be happy or ride again, so her mother takes her to Montana to a horse whisperer who cures her horse and her spirit.
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man—Fanny Flagg
~ The summer a girl spends in her home town in Mississippi and her fathers scheme to save his business
Diary of a Young Girl—Anne Frank
~ The diary of Anne Frank, a girl hiding during WWII with her family
Mothers and Daughters—Diana Gabaldon
~ Stories about mother daughter bonding
Troy—Adel Geras
~ The story of two orphan sisters’ struggle with love and life during the Trojan War
Such Devoted Sisters—Eileen Goudge
~ The story of two sisters who leave their abusive step father after the death of their has-been actress mother, and strike out on their own in New York.
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden—Hannah Green
~ The story of a girl’s journey into madness and back out again.
The Dissapearance—Rosa Guy
~ A book about an African American boy accused of the disappearance of the youngest daughter of his foster parents.
Exposure—Kathryn Harrison
~ A book about a girl remembering her fathers life after his passing and how it affected her.
Female Intelligence—Jane Heller
~ A book about a woman going head to head with a man in her office.
Kissing Doorknobs—Terry Springer Hesser
~ A look at the life of a girl diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
A Little Princess—Frances Hodgson Burnett
~ The tale of a girl who was as rich as a princess and as smart as any adult, who tragically lost her father, her only family, and all her money and was made to work as a drudge at the school she once attended and live in the attic, and the friends who help her.
Titanic—Diane Hoh
~ A book whose story is about the Titanic and the social conditions on board the ship and in the world at that time
Girl, Interupted—Suzanna Kaysen
~ The story told by a girl who was committed and diagnosed with a borderline personality and how she at last got out and found the difference between herself and her friends in the ward.
The Jungle Book—Rudyard Kipling
~ The famous story of Mogli being sent back to the man village by his animal family to save themselves from Shere Khan
Left Behind: The Graphic Novels Volumes One and Two—Lahaye, Jenkins
~ Comic book style versions of the left behind series, the first two volumes which are about a chapter or two long each I think. Since I am not made of money though, I declined to continue collecting the graphic novels since it would take a zillion to make up ONE book, let alone twelve.
The Left Behind Series—Lahaye, Jenkins
~ The series based on one interpretation of the book of Revelation in the Bible, God comes and raptures the church and those who are Left Behind must try to survive and convince as many people as possible of the truth of God’s Word.
She’s Come Undone—Wally Lamb
~ The story of Dolores and her traumatic life, from childhood to adulthood. She deals with rape, obesity, the death of a gay friend, and of course, finding her true self to be happy.
The Call of the Wild—Jack London
~ The classic adventure novel about the sled dog named Buck during the Klondike gold rush.
Jewel—Bret Lott
~ The story of a mother caring for her daughter who has Downs syndrome back when such people were cruelly called Mongolian idiots for the appearance of their eyes. She fights to get her daughter an education and a good life.
The Giver—Lois Lowry
~ The moving story about a perfect society that is shielded from the outside world and seems flawless and the boy who is chosen to be burdened with the truth.
Mother, Help Me Live—Lurlene McDaniels
~ A girl finds out she is adopted when she needs a bone marrow transplant and needs to find her birth mother to live.
I Was Amelia Earhart—Jane Mendelson
~ A fictional account of what may have happened to Amelia Earhart and her navigator after they disappeared that depicts them landing on an uncharted island, stranded and how they learn to live there, and live together and get along.
Mary, Bloody Mary—Carolyn Meyer
~ A fictional book based on the life of Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII and sister of the then future Queen Elisabeth, as seen from her eyes as an adolescent.
Lisa, Bright and Dark—John Neufeld
~ The story of a girl who knew she was going crazy, but no adults believed her, so her friends try to give her therapy and get her real help.
Ten Great Mysteries—Edgar Allen Poe
~ Ten stories by Poe
Tales of Poe—Edgar Allen Poe
~ Classic stories by Poe, including The Raven and The Telltale Heart
The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass—Philip Pullman
~ The series "His Dark Materials" where you visit different dimensions, and the afterlife in an adventure that is a puzzle until the very end.
The Merry Adventures of Robinhood—Howard Pyle
~ Howard Pyle’s tale of the man who robbed the rich and gave to the poor.
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights—Howard Pyle
~ The story of King Arthur and how he became king of England and his knights of the round table.
My Friend Flicka—Mary O’Hara
~ A book about a boy who saves a small foal who was sick, that shows the power of the bond between man and animal.
Black and Blue—Anna Quindlen
~ The suspense novel about a woman who runs away from her abusive husband with her child and their struggle to survive.
Interview With The Vampire—Anne Rice
~ A vampire tells of his life to a journalist
Pandora—Anne Rice
~ The life of the vampire Pandora, dating back to ancient Greece
Harry Potter Series—J.K. Rowling
~ The fantastic books about a boy who finds out he is a wizard and goes to school to learn about wizardry, and to find out who he really is, why he was not killed as a child by the Dark Lord Voldemort, and his true destiny
Icy Sparks—Gwyn Hyman Rubio
~ A book about a girl learning to cope with tourette’s syndrome
Russka—Edward Rutherfurd
~ A novel following the history of a family through Russia’s history
The Woman Who Lived In A Prolouge—Nina Schneider
~ The story of a woman, after her children are all grown, learning to make herself happy
A Series of Unfortunate Events—Lemony Snicket
~ This series tells the sad story of the Baudlaire orphans, whose parents died in a fire that burned down their whole house. They are shuffled from relatives to schools, even to a wood mill. All the while wondering why their "uncle" Olaf is following them, what happened to their friends the Quagmires, and what is VFD?? This is a fantastic series for kids and adults alike, full of mystery.
The Egypt Game—Zilpha Keatley Snyder
~ A group of kids begins to play a game pretending to be characters from ancient Egypt, but then strange things begin to happen to the players. What’ going on?
Two Minute Mysteries—Donald J. Sobol
~ Short mysteries you have to read carefully to solve!
The Witch of Blackbird Pond—Elisabeth George Speare
~ Kit Tyler grew up in the Caribbean but is sent to live with relatives she has never met in New England. Strange things begin to happen in the house and everyone suspects her!
Hiedi—Johanna Spyri
~ The story of a sweet girl who goes to live with her grandfather who doesn’t like her but grows to love her. Then she is sent away, for her own good they say. But she comes back, loving the mountain home she knows much more than the cold city, and she brightens the life of the family who she lives with there.
Kidnapped—Robert Louis Stevenson
~ The tale of a boy who was kidnapped and goes on a great adventure, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Treasure Island—Robert Louise Stevenson
~ Jim Hawkins is a rebel who doesn’t know what to do with his life until he finds a map leading to a famous treasure. He sets out on a journey with his professor friend and some scary sailors to find not only treasure but the man inside himself.
Thirteen—T. Pines
~ Thirteen stories by famous horror and suspense authors such as R.L. Stine, and Caroline B. Cooney
The Lord of the Rings—J.R.R. Tolkien
~ The epic tale of four races of beings, hobbits, elves, men, and dwarves, joining together to save Middle Earth. Tolkien’s greatest work, based on his mythology of Middle Earth, the languages and cultures he created.
The Great Good Thing—Robert Townley
~ A "Great" fantasy book about characters inside a book being forced out when their book is destroyed and their effort to survive and not be forgotten inside a young girl’s mind.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn—Mark Twain
~ The classic story by Mark Twain about a rebel boy, Huckleberry fin
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer—Mark Twain
~ The classic story by Mark Twain about a boy who wanted to be a rebel though he lived with his respectable, strict aunts.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea—Jules Verne
~ The undersea adventure by Jules Verne that was written in a time when such undersea travel was never believed possible by anyone but scientists and crackpots.
Journey To The Center of the Earth—Jules Verne
~ The story of a professor and his nephew following a map to get to the center of the earth
Intent To Harm—Stan Washburn
~ A suspense thriller about a man who targets women and teases them by stealthfully getting into their homes and making his visit known only by objects slightly out of place, until he attacks.
Little Altars Everywhere, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood—Rebecca Wells
~ the books about Vivian Walker and her friends growing up in the south in the 40s and fifties, and Sidda, her daughter, growing up in the fifties and sixties.
Little House In The Big Woods—Laura Ingalls Wilder
~ One of the books in the Little House series about growing up in the midwest when it was still wild. In this book Laura is only five or six and tells about being scared of wolves, her father going hunting, Christmas, and other aspects of life in the untamed west.
Prozac Nation—Elisabeth Wurtzel
~ The story of a girl growing up with clinical depression
Beau Geste—Percival Christopher Wren
~ The tale of a French Foreign Legion outpost and its link to an otherwise peaceful English manor as discovered by Beau, Digby, and John Geste
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