Everyone needs a good book to inspire them every once in a while. So relax, have fun, and sink into a good story. (P.S. If you click on an underlined title, it will take you to our book review of that book!)
Non fiction
- The Bible!
- Do Hard Things - Alex and Brett Harris
- Adorning the Dark - Andrew Peterson
- The Librarian of Auschwitz - Antonio Iturbe
- The Rescue of Belle and Sundance - B. Stutz, L. Scanlan
- In My Father's House - Corrie Ten Boom
- The Hiding Place - Corrie Ten Boom
- Seven Great Men - Eric Metaxas
- Seven Great Women - Eric Metaxas
- Seven More Men - Eric Metaxas
- The Other Side of Beauty - Leah Darrow
- Brave Bess - Susan Brocker
Classics
- Black Beauty - Anna Sewell
- I Am David - Anne Holm
- The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
- The Three Musketeers - by Alexander Dumas
- A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
- A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
- The Chronicles of Narnia (Series) - C.S. Lewis
- Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
- Howard's End - by E.M Forster
- A Little Princess - Francis H. Burnett
- Little Lord Fauntleroy- Francis H. Burnett
- The Lost Prince- Francis H. Burnett
- The Secret Garden - Francis H. Burnett
- Grimm’s Fairy Tales (Series) - The Brothers Grimm
- All Things Bright and Beautiful (Series) - James Herriot
- 39 Steps - John Buchan
- Lord of the Rings (Series)- J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson
- Little House on the Prairie (Series)- Laura Ingalls Wilder
- The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris - Leon Garfield
- Holes - Louis Sachar
- Anne of Green Gables (Series)- L.M. Montgomery
- White Boots and Ballet shoes - Noel Streatfield
- Jeeves and Wooster (Series) - P.G Wodehouse
- Watership Down - Richard Adams
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Shakespeare's plays (Series)
- What Katy Did (Series) - Susan Coolidge
- The Princess Bride - William Goldman
Fiction and Fantasy
- Beastly (Series) - Alex Flinn
- The Wingfeather Saga (Series) - Andrew Peterson
- Daystar - Anne Hamilton
- Elantris - Brandon Sanderson
- Mistborn (Series) - Brandon Sanderson
- Skyward (Series) - Brandon Sanderson
- Stormlight Archive (Series) - Brandon Sanderson
- The Reckoners (Series) - Brandon Sanderson
- Warbreaker - Brandon Sanderson
- Redwall (Series) - Brian Jacques
- Cloak of the light (Series) - Chuck Black
- The Kingdom (Series) - Chuck Black
- The Knights of Arrethrae (Series) - Chuck Black
- The Knights of the Borrowed Dark - Dave Rudden
- Deltora Quest (Series)- Emily Rodda
- Deeplight - Frances Hardinge
- Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine
- Ogre Enchanted (Prequel to Ella Enchanted) - Gail Carson Levine
- The Squire's Tale (Series) - Gerald Morris
- The Ascendance (Series) - Jennifer Nielson
- Harry Potter (Series) - J.K. Rowling
- Brother Band (Series) - John Flanagan
- Ranger’s Apprentice (Series) - John Flanagan
- Touch Island (Series) - Kat Heckenbach
- Guardians of Ga'hoole (Series) - Kathrine Lasky
- The Water and the Wild (Series) - K.E. Ormsbee
- Float - Laura Martin
- The Chronicles of Prydain (Series) - Lloyd Alexander
- A Wrinkle in Time (Series) - Madeleine L’Engle
- Heroes of Olympus (Series) - Rick Riordan
- Percy Jackson (Series) - Rick Riordan
- The 1,000 year old Boy - Ross Welford
- Book of a Thousand Days - Shannon Hale
- Princess Academy (Series) - Shannon Hale
- Real Friends - Shannon Hale
- The Books of Bayern (Series) - Shannon Hale
- A Posse of Princesses - Sherwood Smith
- A Stranger to Command (Prequel to Crown Duel) - Sherwood Smith
- Crown Duel - Sherwood Smith
- Circle of Magic (Series) - Tamora Pierce
- Protector of the Small (Series) - Tamora Pierce
- Going Postal - Terry Pratchett
- The Bromeliad (Series) - Terry Pratchett
- The Bromeliad (Series) - Terry Pratchett
- The Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett
- The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
- Divergent (Series) - Veronica Roth
- Journey to the River Sea - Eva Ibbotson
Romance
- Juliet - Anne Fortier
- Freckles - Gene Stratton Porter
- The Girl of the Limberlost (Sequel to Freckles) - Gene Stratton Porter
- Emma - Jane Austen
- Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
- Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
- Persuasion - Jane Austen
- Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
- Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
- The Princess of Westfalin (Series) - Jessica Day George
- Beyond the Four Kingdoms (Series) - Melanie Cellier
- The Four Kingdoms (Series) - Melanie Cellier
- The Hagenheim (Series) - Melanie Dickerson
- Alex and Eliza - Melissa de la Cruz
Historical Fiction
- My Brother's War - David Hill
- The Bronze Bow - Elizabeth George Spear
- The Sign of the Beaver - Elizabeth George Spear
- The Witch Of Blackbird Pond - Elizabeth George Spear
- Cue for Treason - Goeffrey Trease
- Carry On, Mr. Bowditch - Jean Lee Latham
- Katherine Called Birdie - Karen Cushman
- The Alchemist and Meggy Swan - Karen Cushman
- The Midwife's Apprentice - Karen Cushman
- The War that Saved my Life - Kimberly Bradley
- The Kingdom of Back - Marie Lu
- Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry - Mildred D. Taylor
- The Goose Road - Rowena House
Mysteries:
- Miss Marple (Series) - Agatha Christie
- Hercule Poirot (Series) - Agatha Christie
- Heist Society - Ally Carter
- Sherlock Holmes (Series) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Nancy Drew (Series) - Carolyn Keene
- Lord Peter Wimsey (Series) - Dorothy L. Sayers
- Hardy Boys (Series) - Edward Stratemeyer
- Night Vision - Ella West
- Rainfall - Ella West
- Father Brown (Series) - G.K. Chesterton
- Trixie Belden (Series) - Julie Campbell Tatham
- Ruby Redfort (Series) - Lauren Child
- Motive Games (Series) - L.D. Taylor
- Murder Most Unladylike (Series) - Robin Stevens
(Please note that several of these series have multiple authors, we only listed the author of the first book)
Dystopian
- The Tripods series - John Christopher
- Selection (Series) - Keira Cass
- The Hunger Games series - Suzanne Collins