My Favorite Books and Book Recommendations
I'm still figuring out exactly how I want to do this- right now I think I'll just go off of very general genres. I'm going to try and stick with one book per author, at least per genre. I am gonna put trilogies and such in as one though, I can't help it! Lists are not in any particular order.
Horror
- The Shining by Stephen King
- A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
- The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
- Penpal by Dathan Auerbach
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
- The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Children's Horror/Ghost Stories
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
- Green Horse Hotel by Isolde Pullum
- Wait 'Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn
- Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead House by R.L Stine
- Twilight Horses by Emma Raven
- Echo From the Past by Eli B. Toresen
- Dreams or Demons by Eleanor Jones
- Freedom by Angela Dorsey
Fantasy
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
Children's Fantasy
- Inkheart (and the rest of the Inkworld books) by Cornelia Funke
- Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Science Fiction
- Jurassic Park + The Lost World by Michael Crichton
- The Meg by Steve Alten
Children's/Young Adult Science Fiction/Dystopia
- Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins
- Among the Hidden (Shadow Children Series) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Mystery/Thriller
- Joyland by Stephen King
- Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Children's Mystery
- Bunnicula by James Howe
- Nancy Drew (I like the ones written around the 80s and 90s especially! Mystery of Misty Canyon is a good one to check out) by Carolyn Keene
- History Mysteries: The Night Flyers by Elizabeth McDavid Jones
Historical Fiction
Children's Historical Fiction
Manga and Graphic Novels
NonFiction
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