[20 of my favorite books, or series of books]

In no particular order:

1. The Bible 
2. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
3. the Narnia series by C.S. Lewis
4. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
5. The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
6. Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen 
7. Gods & Generals by Jeff Shaara
8. The Giver quartet by Lois Lowry
9. A Summer to Die by Lois Lowry
10. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
11. An Old Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott
12. The Wanderer by Sharon Creech
13. the Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
14. A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
15. The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
16. The Boy on the Porch by Sharon Creech
17. The Book Thief  by Markus Zusak
18. Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
19. Calm My Anxious Heart by Linda Dillow
20. Too Small to Ignore by Wess Stafford