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I thought I would make a book list of my favorite series for you others out there who, like me, are always looking for good book suggestions. As I read more, I will update and continue to grow it. And I would love for you to comment below and give me some more reading suggestions!
Not all of the books below are completely content free, so I suggest you research them first. Beside books that have anything more than mild cursing, or that have specific adult content or violence, I'll put arrows (^), so you can look them up yourselves. By others, I'll have my own reviews linked to. And just so there's no confusion the "*" are my 1-5 star marks. Hope you enjoy!

Historical Fiction:
   The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare *****
   The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare *****
   ^My Escape From Auto De Fe by Fernando De La Mina/Timnus ****
   Airman by Eoin Colfer ****
   What Happened to Tad by Mary E. Ropes ****
 
   Raven King Trilogy by Stephen R. Lawhead: ****
^Hood
^Scarlet
^Tuck

   Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stephenson ***
   Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (my review) *****
   My Golden Ship by Mary E. Ropes ***
   The Courage of Nikolai by Mary E. Ropes ****
   The Basket of Flowers by Christoph von Schmid
   The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgeson Burnett **

   Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery: *****
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Avonlea
Anne of the Island
Anne of Windy Poplars
Anne's House of Dreams
Anne of Ingleside

   The Abbot's Ghost by Louise May Alcott ****
   Little Women by Louise May Alcott ****


Historical Non-Fiction
   Longitude by Dava Sobel*****
   Vanished Smile by R.A. Scotti****
   More Than Dates and Dead People by Stephen Mansfield *****


Historical Christian-Romance Fiction:
   The Fires of Gleannmara by Linda Windsor: *****
Maire
Riona

   The Brides of Alba  by Linda Windsor: ****
Healer
Thief
Rebel


Fiction:
   Ascendance Trilogy by Jennifer A. Nielson: *****
The False Prince (my review)
The Runaway King

   The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton L. Stewart: ***
The Perilous Journey
The Prisoner's Dilemma

   Leepike Ridge by N. D. Wilson ****

   Treasure Hunters by James Patterson****


Mystery:
   Rules for Murder by Julianne Deering (my review) ***
   The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle *****
   Half Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer ****
   Nancy Drew Series by Carolyn Keene ***


Science Fiction/Post Apocalyptic:
   ^Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card ****
   ^Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card ****
   ^Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card ****

   ^Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury ****
   The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer

   The 13th Reality by James Dashner: **
The Journal of Curious Letters
The Search for Dark Infinity
The Blade of Shattered Hope

   The Maze Runner Series by James Dashner ***
The Maze Runner
The Scorch Trials
The Death Cure

   Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins: ****
Gregor the Overlander
Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane by Suzanne Collins
Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods by Suzanne Collins
Gregor and the Marks of Secret by Suzanne Collins
Gregor and the Code of Claw by Suzanne Collins
 
   Incarceron Series by Catherine Fisher: ****
*Incareron
*Sapphique

   The City of Ember Series by Jeanne DePrau: **
The City of Ember
The People of Sparks
The Prophet of Yonwood
The Diamond of Darkhold

   Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis: ***
Out of the Silent Planet
Perelandra


Time Travel:
   The Time Machine by H.G. Wells *****
   The Missing: Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix****

(by series):
   W.A.R.P. Series by Eoin Colfer *****
The Reluctant Assassin
The Hangman's Revolution 


Fantasy:
    The Enchanted Castle by Edith Nesbit
    Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie ***
   The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum ***
   The Swamp Rat by Carter Crocker *****
   Inkheart by Cornelia Funke ***
   The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoira Forrester (my review) *****
   Darkwater by Catherine Fisher **
   The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

(by series):
   Throne of Glass Series by Sarah J. Maas***
^Throne of Glass
^Crown of Midnight

   The Century Quartet by P.D. Baccalario****
Ring of Fire
Star of Stone 
City of Wind
Dragon of Seas

   The Spiderwich Chronicles by Holly Black: *****
The Field Guide
The Seeing Stone
Lucinda's Secret
The Ironwood Tree
The Wrath of Mulgarath

   Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black: ****
The Nixie's Song
A Giant Problem
The Wyrm King

   Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander: *****
The Book of Three
The Black Cauldron
The Castle of Llyr
Taran Wanderer
The High King

   The Sisters Grimm by Michael Buckley: *****
The Fairytale Detectives
The Unusual Suspects
The Problem Child
Once Upon a Crime
Magic and Other Misdemeanors
Tales From the Hood
The Everafter War
The Inside Story
The Council of Mirrors

   Elemental Novels by Antony John ***
Elemental
^Firebrand

   100 Cupboards Series by N.D.Wilson: *****
100 Cupboards
Dandelion Fire
The Chestnut King

   The Ashtown Burials by N.D.Wilson: *****
The Dragon Tooth (my review)
The Drowned Vault
The Empire of Bones
 
   The Jewels of Anniera by Andrew Peterson: *****
On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness
North! Or Be Eaten
The Monster in the Hollows

   The Archives of Anthropos by John White: ****
The Sword Bearer
Gaal the Conqueror
The Tower of Geburah
The Iron Scepter
Quest for the King
The Dark Lord's Demise

   The Artemis Fowl Series by Eoin Colfer: *****
Artemis Fowl
The Arctic Incident
The Eternity Code
The Opal Deception
The Lost Colony
The Time Paradox
The Atlantis Complex
The Last Guardian

   Song of Albion Trilogy by Stephen Lawhead: ****
^The Paradise War
^The Silverhand
^The Endless Knot

   Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini: ***
Eragon
Eldest
Brisingr
Inheritance

   Fablehaven Series by Brandon Mull: ***** (my review)
Fablehaven
Rise of the Evening Star
Grip of the Shadow Plague
Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary
Keys to the Demon Vault

   The Elemental Trilogy by Sherry Thomas
^The Burning Sky

   Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan: ***
The Red Pyramid
The Throne of Fire
The Serpent's Shadow

   Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan: *****
The Lightning Thief
The Sea of Monsters
The Titan's Curse
The Battle of the Labyrinth
The Last Olympian

   Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan: ****
The Lost Hero
The Son of Neptune
The Mark of Athena
^The House of Hades^

   Redwall Series by Brian Jacques: *****
Lord Brocktree
The Legend of Luke
Martin the Warrior
Salamandastron
Outcast of Redwall
Mariel of Redwall
The Bellmaker
Redwall
Mattimeo
The Pearls of Lutra
Marlfox
The Taggerung
Triss
Rakkety Tam
High Rhulain
Eulalia!

     Relic Master Quartet by Catherine Fisher **** (my review)
The Dark City
The Lost Heiress
The Hidden Coronet
^The Margrave

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis *****

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien *****

^The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling  *****


~The Reader in the Attic

9 comments:

  1. Im definitely going to check some of these books out! Thanks, Willa! :)

    Have you read "Dragons in Our Midst" series by Bryan Davis? Its a 4 book collection ("Raising Dragons", "The Candlestone", "Circles of Seven", and "Tears of a Dragon".)

    I love all the books by this Christian author! To see all of his books, go to this website: daviscrossing.com.

    ~Sarah
    cutecombinations.blogspot.com

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  2. I would highly recommend Chuck Black's series, "The Knights of Arrethtrae" (first is "Sir Kendrick and the Castle of Bel Lione") as well as all of Chuck Black's books :)

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  3. Hi, I have a quick question.
    Have you ever read Divergent any of the sequels???? And if you have, what do you think of them?? Would you recommend them???? Please reply!!!!!!!!

    lea

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    1. Hey Lea,
      I have not read the Divergent series, for the simple fact that I think the plot sounds dumb and overrated. My sister listened to the audio book and said she liked it, but it wasn't her favorite book ever and she would only recommend it to girls who were at least 16 or 17 for some of the content and conversations in it. Sorry I can't help you out more. :P If you do read them, let me know what you think of them!
      ~Willa

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  4. Have you read the book Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz? It's a Christian romance set in Roman times.

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    1. No, but it sounds interesting! I'll have to check that out. Thanks for the suggestion!

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