I’m a list maker. Lists help me plan by organizing my thoughts and prioritizing tasks. Lists also help me reflect back over the past. I make lists of my son’s cute activities and of answered prayers. When I was in college, I studied by listing out information to memorize. When I read Jen Robinson’s list of personal classics, I immediately began my own. What better use of a list than to record the books I love?

My general requirements for my personal classics (in list form of course!):

• I have read these books more than once, and most of them, I have read many times. (I have made a few exceptions to this requirement. I put an * by the books I have only read once. I do fully intend to re-read these books, time permitting).

• I own the book, or wish that I did own the book. (I’m pretty particular about books I’ll spend money on. I’ll check out almost anything from the library, but I usually don’t buy a book until I’ve read it first and know that I love it.)

• When I’m reading (or re-reading) the book, I get seriously annoyed by any interruptions and I can’t wait to dive back into it.

Juvenile Fiction

• Jane of Lantern Hill by L.M. Montgomery
• A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
• Rainbow Garden by Patricia M. St.John
• All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
• Holes by Louis Sachar
• My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
• The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Spear
• The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
• Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Frindle by Andrew Clements

Young Adult Fiction

• Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
• Journey Through the Night series by Anne DeVries
• Good Night, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian
• Tomorrow series by Marsden
• Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

Inspirational Fiction

• Love Comes Softly series by Janette Oke
• Seasons of the Heart series by Janette Oke
• Red River of the North series by Lauraine Snelling
• Zion Chronicles series by Bodie Thoene
• The Scarlet Thread by Francine Rivers
• Dearest Anna by Deborah Rau
• All the Way Home* by Ann Tatlock
• Eve’s Daughters* by Lynn Austin

Fairy Tale Re-tellings

• Enchantment* by Orson Scott Card
• Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
• Just Ella* by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Briar Rose* by Jane Yolen
• Goose Girl* by Shannon Hale

Other

• The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks
• Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson
• Tisha by Robert Specht
• Somebody Else’s Kids by Torey Hayden

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