Reading List

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While I was living down under in the land of Oz, my friend Millie and I spent a great deal of time discussing literature. She recommended several books to me that I had never read, due to the fact that they had never been published in the States. I recommended many books to Millie, and I eventually created a reading list for her.

My friend Amy has recently expressed interest in reading something other than textbooks. I offered to provide the list I originally wrote for Millie. The list has been expanded somewhat, but, for all those who may wish to know (especially you, Amy), here is the official reading list I recommend to all:

The Dark Is Rising Sequence by  Susan Cooper
Over Sea, Under Stone
The Dark Is Rising
Greenwitch
The Grey King
Silver On The Tree

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

The Tripods Trilogy by John Christopher
The White Mountains
The City Of Gold And Lead
The Pool Of Fire

The Chronicles Of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe
Prince Caspian
Voyage Of The Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Horse And His Boy
The Magician’s Nephew
The Last Battle

Bridge To Terabithia by   Katherine Paterson

The Wizard Of Nome Trilogy by  Carl S. Sterner and Alex T. Valencic
The Wizard Of Nome
The Search For Krett
The Last Of The Wizards

The Giver by Lois Lowry
Gathering Blue by  Lois Lowry
The Messenger by   Lois Lowry
Number The Stars  by Lois Lowry

To Kill A Mockingbird by  Harper Lee

Encyclopedia Brown (23 books) by Donald J. Sobol

Nate The Great (25 books) by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

The Great Brain Series by John D. Fitzgerald
The Great Brain
More Adventures Of The Great Brain
Me And My Little Brain
The Great Brain At The Academy
The Great Brain Reforms
The Return Of The Great Brain
The Great Brain Does It Again
The Great Brain Is Back

Ender Series by Orson Scott Card
Ender’s Game
Xenocide
Children Of The Mind
Ender’s Shadow
Shadow Of The Hegemon
Shadow Puppets
Shadow Of The Giant

Anthem by Ayn Rand
We The Living by Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Jonathon Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
One Richard by Richard Bach
The Bridge Across Forever by Richard Bach
Illusions Richard by Richard Bach

My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult

Animal Farm by George Orwell
1984 George by Orwell

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck
Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

A Time To Kill by John Grisham
The Pelican Brief by John Grisham
The Chamber by John Grisham
The Rainmaker by John Grisham
The Runaway Jury by John Grisham
A Painted House by John Grisham
The Last Juror by John Grisham
The Innocent Man by John Grisham

Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Rolling Stones by Robert A. Heinlein

2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke
2061: Odyssey Three by Arthur C. Clarke
3001: Final Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Rama II by Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee
The Garden Of Rama by Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee
Rama Revealed by Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee

The Obernewtyn Chronicles by Isobelle Carmody
Obernewtyn
The Farseekers
Ashling
The Keeping Place
The Stone Key
(Wavesong)
(The Stone Key)
The Sending – to be published in 2009
(The Sending)
(The Red Queen)

Happy reading!

Comments

Anonymous said…
Thank you Alex! I actually had a dream about this posting, actually :)
March 10, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Alex T. Valencic said…
You're welcome! I told Aaron about the list, too. Feel free to ask me if there are questions!
March 10, 2009 at 7:54 PM
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