All-Time Favorite Book Treks

Favorite Books of All Time

***NOTE: This list is by no means set in stone; it changes as quickly as my mood—but I can say for certain that all of the books on this list are 5-boot book treks!

1. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
3. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
4. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
5. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
6. March by Geraldine Brooks
7. Holes by Louis Sachar
8. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
9. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
10. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Mark Maguire
11. A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
12. Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
13. Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
14. Moon Over Manifest by Claire Vanderpool
15. Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine
16. Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
17. Blubber by Judy Blume
18. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
19. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
20. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
21. The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
22. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
23. Evening Class by Maeve Binchy

 Top Ten Favorite Series

1. Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling
2. Anne of Avonlea books by Lucy Maud Montgomery
3. Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
4. Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
5. Redwall books by Brian Jacques
6. Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace
7. Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel
8. Jane Austen Mysteries by Stephanie Barron
9. Oz books by L. Frank Baum
10. Shoes books by Noel Streatfield

Favorite Picture Books

NOTE: This list has nothing to do with educational value or ideal subjects for preschoolers—these are just books that I love to read myself.

1.  Tuesday by David Wiesner
2.  Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
3. The Water Hole by Graeme Base
4. Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel
5. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
6. George and Martha series by James Marshall
7. Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree by Robert Barry 
8. There’s a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer
9. Used-Up Bear by Clay Carmichael
10. Little Bunny on the Move by Peter McCarty
11. I’m Not. by Pam Smallcomb, illus. by Robert Weinstock