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Here’s an updated Favorite Books list. I now have two categories, Fiction and Non-Fiction, both of which are not listed in order of favoritism.
Favorite Fiction Novels
01. A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
02. East of Eden, by John Steinbeck
03. Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card
04. The Aubrey/Maturin novels by Patrick O’Brian
05. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
06. The Lord of the Rings, and the Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
07. My Name is Asher Lev, by Chaim Potok
08. Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli
09. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith
10. Dune, by Frank Herbert
11. Books 1-6 of the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (Don’t bother with the rest—he
doesn’t deliver, and I got tired of waiting for him to.)
12. The Westing Game, by Ellen Rankin
13. What Katy Did, by Susan Coolidge
14. True Grit, by Charles Portis
15. The Once and Future King, by T.H. White
16. The Summer Tree, The Wandering Fire, and The Darkest Road by Guy Gavriel Kay
17. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
18. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
19. Jackaroo, by Cynthia Voight
20. Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
21. The Mark of the Lion Series, by Francine Rivers
22. Redeeming Love, by Francine Rivers
23. Twilight of Courage, by Brock and Bodie Thoene
24. My Enemy, My Ally, by Diane Duane
25. The Hero and the Crown, by Robin McKinley
26. The Great Divorce, by C.S. Lewis
27. The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis
28. The Iliad, by Homer (Translation by Robert Fagles)
29. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
30. Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt
31. Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Montgomery
32. A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
33. The Robe, by Lloyd C. Douglas
34. Ben Hur, by Lew Wallace
35. The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
36. Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens
37. Various Horatio Hornblower books, by C.S. Forester
38. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
39. The Street Lawyer, by John Grisham
40. The Dark is Rising series, by Susan Cooper
41. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
42. The Singer, by Calvin Miller
43. The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
44. The Harry Potter Books, by J.K. Rowling
45. The Scarlet Pimpernel, by Baroness Orczy
46. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
47. The Big Over Easy, by Jasper Fforde
48. The Gun Seller, by Hugh Laurie
49. All Hallow’s Eve, by Charles Williams
50. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
51. The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis
52. The Place of the Lion, by Charles Williams
52. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by Shakespeare
53. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde
54. Till We Have Faces, by C.S. Lewis
55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
56. The Stand, by Stephen King
57. A Room with a View, by E.M. Forster
58. Emma, by Jane Austen
59. Dream Thief, by Stephen Lawhead
60. Taliesin, by Stephen Lawhead
61. The Sea Wolf, by Jack London
62. Various titles by Louis L’Amour
63. Souls Raised from the Dead, by Doris Betts
64. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle
65. Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
66. Under the Lilacs, by Louisa May Alcott
67. The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew, by Margaret Syndey
68. The Mark of the Lion series, by Francine Rivers
69. The Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
70. Various Star Trek authors, such as Michael Jan Friedman, Diane Carey, Diane Duane,
Peter David.
Non-Fiction Favorites
01. Gandhi, by Louis Fischer
02. Ragamuffin Gospel, by Brennan Manning
03. On Writing, by Stephen King
04. Traveling Mercies, by Anne Lamott
05. Bird by Bird, by Anne Lamott
06. All Over but the Shoutin’, by Rick Bragg
07. Nelson: Love and Fame, by Edgar Vincent
08. Fate is the Hunter, by Ernest K. Gann
09. Embracing the Love of God, by James Bryan Smith
10. No Greater Love, by Mother Teresa
11. The Hiding Place, by Corrie Ten Boom
12. Pretty much anything by C.S. Lewis
13. Tolkien, by Humphrey Carpenter
14. John Ransom’s Andersonville Diary, by John Ransom
15. I was Wrong, by Jim Bakker
16. A Rumor of War, by Philip Caputo
17. Watchman Nee, Man of Suffering, by Bob Laurent
18. Seven Summits, by Frank Wells and Dick Bass
19. How the Irish Saved Civilization, by Thomas Cahill
20. Rich Mullins: An Arrow Pointing to Heaven, by James Bryan Smith
21. Girl Meets God, by Lauren Winner
22. Story as Truth: The Rock that is Higher, by Madeleine L’Engle
23. A Circle of Quiet, by Madeleine L’Engle
24. Champagne for the Soul, by Mike Mason
25. Righteous Gentile: The Story of Raoul Wallenberg, by John Bierman
26. Letters to a Diminished Church, by Dorothy Sayers
27. Miracle in the Andes, by Nando Parrado, with Vince Rause
28. Foxe's Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe
29. The Story of Christianity; 2000 Years of Faith, by Michael Collins and Matthew Price
30. Close to the Wind, by Pete Goss
31. The Perfect Storm, by Sebastian Junger
32. The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told, edited by Christopher Caswell
Some of Tracy's Favorite Movies
01. Gladiator
02. The Last of the Mohicans
03. Glory
04. The Lord of the Rings movies
05. Empire of the Sun
06. Saving Private Ryan
07. Emma
08. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (emphatically, the original version)
09. It’s a Wonderful Life
10. Equilibrium
11. The Lion King
12. Swing Kids
13. Toy Story
14. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
15. The Horatio Hornblower series from A & E
16. The cancelled (which is a crime) Firefly series
17. Serenity
18. Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
19. Phantom of the Opera
20. Braveheart
21. Strictly Ballroom
22. Crash
23. Three Kings
24. The Count of Monte Cristo
25. The Pirates of the Caribbean
26. Pride and Prejudice (2005 version, although the Colin Firth version is great, too.)
27. Troy
28. Clueless
29. The Truman Show
30. The Man from Snowy River
31. A Knight's Tale
32. Master and Commander/The Far Side of the World
33. Saints and Soldiers
34. HBO's "Band of Brothers" series
35. Good Night, Mr. Wallenberg
36. Blackhawk Down
37. Ordinary People
38. Luther
39. The Harry Potter movies
40. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
41. Bruce Almighty
42. Reign of Fire
43. Amazing Grace
44. Stardust
45. Becoming Jane
46. White Squall
47. The Princess Bride
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