Musings from Graceland

Books to RAVE about:

Mystery

• THEY CAME TO BAGHDAD---Agatha Christie
• THE TALE OF HILL TOP FARM---Susan Wittig Albert
• Robert Whitlow's legal thrillers/mystery novel
• WHEN DID WE LOSE HARRIET?---Patricia Sprinkle
• MAISIE DOBBS---Jacqueline Winspear
• MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS---Agatha Christie

Books set in "The South"

• TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD---Harper Lee
• HER OWN PLACE and CLOVER---Dori Sanders
• A SONG I KNEW BY HEART---Bret Lott
• THE PRAYER TREE and SADIE-IN-WAITING---Annie Jones
• A TABLE BY THE WINDOW---Lawana Blackwell
• CHRISTY---Catherine Marshall
• CARRYIN' ON: AND OTHER STRANGE THINGS SOUTHERNERS DO---Scott Brunner
• SKIPPING CHRISTMAS---John Grisham
• WHEN DID WE LOSE HARRIET?---Patricia Sprinkle
• THE LADIES AUXILIARY---Tova Mirvis
• Jamie Langston Turner's novels

Classics

• PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, EMMA, MANSFIELD PARK, NORTHANGER ABBEY, and PERSUASION---Jane Austen
• ALL of the books in the ANNE OF GREEN GABLES series---L.M. Montgomery
• LITTLE WOMEN and its sequels---Louisa May Alcott
• AN OLD FASHIONED GIRL---Louisa May Alcott
• THE LITTLE HOUSE collection---Laura Ingalls Wilder
• JANE EYRE---Charlotte Bronte
• CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN---Frank B. Gilbreth

British

• Miss Read's English village books (VILLAGE SCHOOL, FRESH FROM THE COUNTRY, etc.)
• Jane Austen's novels
• JANE EYRE---Charlotte Bronte
• WIVES AND DAUGHTERS---Elizabeth Gaskell

Historical Fiction

• DOWN THE COMMON---Ann Baer
• THE LITTLE HOUSE books (though they are based on Laura's life, they are fictionalized in parts so aren't considered true autobiographies)
• PETER LOON---Van Reid
• THE FRIENDLY PERSUASION---Jessamyn West

Old Fashioned Love Stories

• GREEN DOLPHIN COUNTRY (some editions are entitled GREEN DOLPHIN STREET)---Elizabeth Goudge
• CIVIL CONTRACT---Georgette Heyer
• YOUNG AND FAIR---Rosamund DuJardin
• JANE EYRE---Charlotte Bronte
• THE BLUE CASTLE---L.M. Montgomery

Chick-Lit

• WHAT A GIRL WANTS and its sequels---Kristen Billerbeck
• QUEEN ESTHER & THE SECOND GRADERS OF DOOM---Allie Pleiter
• BAD HEIRESS DAY---Allie Pleiter
• SAHM I AM---Meredith Efken
• SISTERCHICK series---Robin Jones Gunn

Clean, Contemporary Fiction

• THE OUTSIDE WORLD---Tova Mirvis
• GARDENIAS FOR BREAKFAST---Robin Jones Gunn
• THE LIVING END---Lisa Samson
• LEVI'S WILL---W. Dale Cramer
• FLABBERGASTED---Ray Blackston
• A PERFECT DAY---Richard Paul Evans

Suspense and Thriller

• MONSTER---Frank Peretti
• SHADOWMANCER---G.P. Taylor
• THE LAZARUS TRAP---T. Davis Bunn
• WORMWOOD---G. P. Taylor
• IMPOSTER---T. Davis Bunn

Anecdotes and Memoirs

• COUNTRY LIVING BAREFOOT SUMMERS: REFLECTIONS ON HOME, FAMILY, AND SIMPLE PLEASURES

I have MANY more to list but the kiddos are calling. Ta for now and HAPPY READING!