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Blog Post 47

December 24, 2021

There's so much more about books I could say. Especially fiction books! If you're looking for some books to read, here's more, inshallah. Enjoy!

 

        Books I’ve loved through my decades, in order of publication, include:

 

 

Young Adult Books

(I am erring on the side of caution as to age level. Parents can read and decide if a book is suitable for younger readers.)

• Between the World and Me (2015) - nonfiction
• Brown Girl Dreaming (2014)
• Doll Bones (2013)
• Inside Out & Back Again (2011)
• Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (2009) - nonfiction
• After Tupac and D Foster (2008)
• The Graveyard Book (2008)
• Elijah of Buxton (2007)
• Rules (2006)
• Life as We Knew It (2006)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003)
• Stargirl (2000)
• Through My Eyes (1999) - nonfiction
• Monster (1999)
• Speak (1999)
• Holes (1998)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (1997)
• Walk Two Moons (1994)
• The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 (1995)
• The Giver (1993)
• Nothing But the Truth (1992)
• Missing May (1992)
• Maniac Magee (1990)
• Something Upstairs (1988)
• Hatchet (1987)
• Beloved (1987) – more suitable for new adults
• The Sign of the Beaver (1983)
• Bridge to Terabithia (1977)
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1976)
• Roots (1976)
• Tuck Everlasting (1975)
• Z is for Zachariah (1974)
• The Slave Dancer (1973)
• Sula (1973) – more suitable for new adults
• Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad (1971) - nonfiction
• The Planet of Junior Brown (1971)
• Summer of the Swans (1970)
• Island of the Blue Dolphins (1970)
• The Bluest Eye (1970)
• Sing Down the Moon (1970)
• Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (1970) - nonfiction
• Sounder (1969)
• The House of Dies Dear (1968)
• The Outsiders (1967)
• Zeely (1967)
• It’s Like This, Cat (1963)
• A Wrinkle in Time (1963)
• The Fire Next Time (1963) - nonfiction
• The Phantom Tollbooth (1961)
• Black Like Me (1961) - nonfiction
• To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)
• My Side of the Mountain (1959)
• A Raisin in the Sun (1959)
• Lord of the Flies (1954
• All Summer in a Day (1954)
• Fahrenheit 451 (1953)
• Catcher in the Rye (1951)
• 1984 (1949)
• The Lottery and Other Stories (1949)
• Animal Farm (1945)
• The Hobbit (1937)
• The Call of the Wild (1903)
• The Wizard of Oz (1900)
• Lorna Doone (1879/1988)
• Little Women (1868)
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

And so many more…

New Adult Books

(I am erring on the side of caution as to age level. Parents and/or individual readers can decide if a book is suitable for younger readers/themselves.)

• Who Fears Death (2010)
• The Glass Castle (2005) - nonfiction
• Parable of the Talents (1998) * read second
• Parable of the Sower (1993) * read first
• Xenogenesis triology (beginning with Dawn in 1987)
• Fences (1986)
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969) - nonfiction
• Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)
• The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965) - nonfiction
• The Bell Jar (1963)
• Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953) - semi-nonfiction
• Invisible Man (1952)
• The Veldt (1950)
• Black Boy (1945) - nonfiction
• Native Son (1940)
• Rebecca (1938)
• Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)
• Mules and Men (1935)
• The Most Dangerous Game (1924)
• Jane Eyre (1847)
• Wuthering Heights (1847)

And so many more…

 

Middle School (Grs. 3-5) Books

(Young Adults Should Read These Also)

• The Janitor’s Boy (2000)
• Because of Winn-Dixie (2000)
• Dear Mr. Henshaw (1983)
• Nobody’s Fault? (1981)
• Underground to Canada (1977)
• Stormy, Misty’s Foal (1963) * read second
• Ramona books (beginning in 1955)
• The Borrowers (1952)
• Charlotte’s Web (1952)
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)
• Misty of Chincoteague (1947) * read first
• Strawberry Girl (1945)
• Stuart Little (1945)
• Pippi Longstocking (1945)
• The Hundred Dresses (1944)
• The Moffats books (beginning in 1941)
• Blue Willow (1940)
• B is for Betsy (1939)
• Little House on the Prairie books (beginning in 1932)
• Nancy Drew such as The Secret of the Old Clock & The Hidden Staircase (1930/1959)
• Winnie the Pooh (1926)
• Pollyanna (1913)

And so many more…

Favourite Books for Children

• We Are Water Protectors (2020)
• The Little Mermaid (2020) – by Jerry Pinkney
• They All Saw a Cat (2017)
• The Airport Book (2016)
• Du Iz Tak? (2016)
• Last Stop on Market Street (2015)
• The House in the Night (2009)
• First the Egg (2008)
• Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (2007) - semi-nonfiction
• One Smile (2002)
• Ghost Train (1996)
• Freedom Child of the Sea (1995)
• La Diablesse and the Baby (1994)
• Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt (1993)
• The Nutmeg Princess (1992)
• The Rainbow Fish (1992)
• A Tree in a Forest (1991)
• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (1989)
• A Promise is a Promise (1988)
• Owl Moon (1987)
• Love You Forever (1986)
• I Have to Go (1986)
• The Magic Schoolbus (beginning in 1986)
• Thomas’s Snowsuit (1985)
• Mortimer (1983)
• My Little Book of Prayers (1982)
• Pocket for Corduroy (1978)
• Arthur (beginning in 1976)
• Little Critter stories (beginning in 1975)
• Frog and Toad series (beginning in 1970)
• Frederick (1967)
• God’s Plan for Growing Things (1964)
• Swimmy (1963)
• Clifford the Big Red Dog (1963)
• No Funny Business (1962)
• The Snowy Day (1962)
• The Berenstain Bears (beginning in 1962)
• The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up (1961)
• The Fire Cat (1960)
• Are You My Mother? (1960)
• A Fly Went By (1958)
• The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956)
• Horton Hears a Who (1954)
• Blueberries for Sal (1948)
• Goodnight Moon (1947)
• The Poky Little Puppy (1942)
• Curious George (1941)
• Horton Hatches the Egg (1940)
• The Five Chinese Brothers (1938)
• The Story of Ferdinand (1936)
• The Little Engine That Could (1930)
• The Velveteen Rabbit (1922)
• The Little Match Girl (1845)
• The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1838)
• The Emperor’s New Clothes (1837)
• The Princess and the Pea (1835)

And so many more…

        Books I intend to read, inshallah, include:

• The Every (2021)
• Harlem Shuffle (2021)
• The Water Dancer (2019)
• Where the Crawdads Sing (2018)
• The Underground Railroad (2016) – Colson Whitehead
• All American Boys (2015)
• Binti (2015)
• The Cat at the Wall (2014)
• The Back of the Turtle (2014)
• Celia’s Song (2014)
• The Circle (2013)
• One Good Story That One (2013)
• Indian Horse (2012)
• The Maze Runner (2009)
• Thirteen Reasons Why (2007)
• Kiss of the Fur Queen (1998)
• Paradise (1998)
• Green Grass, Running Water (1993)
• Dune (1965)
• The Screwtape Letters (1942)
• The Comet (1920)

And so many more….

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