My Book Favorites

We all have them, those books we love so much that we could read them over and over again. They are the stories that touch us the most, that take over our dreams and our realities even when we read them. They are our favorites.

I've been too impulsive in the past to declare a book a favorite, so now my favorites need to pass my re-read test.
In other words: if I still love a book the second time around, then it's a favorite.

Books That Have Passed The Test

The books that I have listed below are books that have passed my requirements within the past few years.  They are organized by genre.
Click on any of these shelves below to see the books I love!

 

Possible Book Favorites

These are books I've only read once, some recently, others long ago. They gave excellent first impressions, and I loved them when I read them, but now that the initial "Wow!" factor has worn off, they need to pass the re-read test and wow me again. Only then will they make it to the elite.

• All The Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr
• Attachments, by Rainbow Rowell
• Bag Of Bones, by Stephen King
• Call Of The Wild, by Jack London
• The Casual Vacancy, by J.K. Rowling
• A Clash Of Kings (Song Of Fire And Ice #2), by George R.R. Martin
• Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell
• The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
• Confessor (Sword Of Truth #11), by Terry Goodkind
• Dracula, by Bram Stoker
• Dune, by Frank Herbert
• Edgedancer (Stormlight Archive #2.5), by Brandon Sanderson
• Elantris, by Brandon Sanderson
• The Elegance Of The Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery
• The Emperor's Soul (Elantris Universe), by Brandon Sanderson
• Enchantment, by Orson Scott Card
• The Fault In Our Stars, by John Green
• The Girl With All The Gifts, M.R. Carey
• Girl, Interrupted, by Susanna Kaysen
• The Golem And The Jinni, by Helene Wecker
• Good Omens: The Nice And Accurate Prophecies Of Agnes Nutter, Witch, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
• The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman
• The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Green Mile, by Stephen King
• Heat And Light: A Novel, by Jennifer Haigh
• Kitchens Of The Great Midwest, by J. Ryan Stradal
• The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
• A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest J. Gaines
• Libriomancer (Magic Ex Libris #1), by Jim C. Hines
• Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson
• Liveship Traders Trilogy (Ship Of Magic, Mad Ship, Ship Of Destiny), by Robin Hobb
• Lots Of Candles, Plenty Of Cake, by Anna Quindlen
• The Magician King (The Magicians #2), by Lev Grossman
• Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli
• The Map Of Time, by Felix J. Palma
• Miller's Valley, by Miller's Valley
• Mistborn Trilogy (The Final Empire, The Well Of Ascension, The Hero Of Ages), by Brandon Sanderson
• Moloka'i, by Alan Brennert
• My Mrs. Brown, by William Norwich
• Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
• Night, by Elie Wiesel
• Oathbringer (Stormlight Archive #3), by Brandon Sanderson
• The Odyssey, by Homer
• Of Mice Of Men, by John Steinbeck
• People Of The Book, by Geraldine Brooks
• The Picture Of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
• The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver
• Princess Ben, by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
• A Redbird Christmas, by Fannie Flagg
• The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide To Galaxy #2), by Douglas Adams
• Sense And Sensibility, by Jane Austen
• A Separate Peace, John Knowles
• Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
• Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
• Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
• A Spool Of Blue Thread, by Anne Tyler
• Tartuffe, by Moliere
• Those Who Save Us, by Jenna Blum
• The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas
• A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, by Betty Smith
• The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax #1), by Dorothy Gilman
• Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech
• Wax And Wayne Series (Alloy Of Law, Shadows Of Self, Bands Of Mourning), by Brandon Sanderson
• Whiskey And Charlie, by Annabel Smith
• The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicle #2), by Patrick Rothfuss
• Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte