Saturday, September 02, 2006

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!

2 comments:

Drewe Llyn, Girlfriend's Mentor said...

Wow! What a list! I need to show you how to post a link to your lists on your side bar so they will still be readily available when future posts push them off the page. Don't forget the "Sisterchicks" books! I love them. (I did tell you I met Robin Jones Gunn once, didn't I?)

Have a great day!

Elysa said...

I definitely need to be shown how to do that plus a bunch more. I looked around the helpful hints part a few times but just wasn't sure what else to do.

And thanks for reminding me to put the SISTERCHICKS books. I still have a bunch more I need to add.

And yes...I remember your encounter with RJG. It makes me smile just being reminded!:D