KATE'S ALL-TIME FAVES

 

 

REALLY, REALLY GOOD FICTION

 

COLD MOUNTAIN by Charles Frazier

THE FORSYTE SAGA series by John Galsworthy

REBECCA by Daphne du Maurier

JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte

THE REASON FOR ROSES by Babs Deal

HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY by Richard LLewellyn

THE EMIGRANTS series by William Moberg

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee

STONES FROM THE RIVER by Ursula Hegi

A DEATH IN THE FAMILY by James Agee

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAFE by Fannie Flagg

SOPHIE'S CHOICE by William Styron

THE PORTABLE DOROTHY PARKER

DRACULA by Bram Stoker

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S by Truman Capote

DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL by Anne Frank

THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger

GIANTS IN THE EARTH by O.E. Rolvaag

THE LIFE I REALLY LIVED by Jessamyn West

TRINITY by Leon Uris

SHOELESS JOE by W.P. Kinsella

THE JOY LUCK CLUB by Amy Tan

THE GINGER TREE by Oswald Wynd

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY by Jane Austin

***THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS***by J.K. Rowling

SOLAR STORMS by Linda Hogan

POBBY AND DINGAN by Ben Rice

GAP CREEK by Robert Morgan

CHOCOLAT by Joanne Harris

DOWN FROM BASSWOOD by Lynne Maria Laitala

THE WARMEST DECEMBER by Bernice L. McFadden

TRUE TO FORM by Elizabeth Berg

HOME TO HARMONY by Philip Gulley

JUST SHY OF HARMONY by Philip Gulley

MY DOG SKIP by Willie Morris

THE PRINCESS BRIDE by William Goldman

A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN by Betty Smith

NORTHANGER ABBEY by Jane Austen

SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION by Ken Kesey

STANDING IN THE RAINBOW by Fannie Flagg

WELCOME TO THE WORLD, BABY GIRL by Fannie Flagg

 

 

REALLY GOOD FICTION

 

THE WEDDING DRESS by Carrie Young

MAMA MAKES UP HER MIND (AND OTHER DANGERS OF SOUTHERN LIVING) by Bailey White

CHARMS FOR THE EASY LIFE by Kaye Gibbons

ANATOMY OF A MURDER by Robert Travers

PRINCE OF TIDES by Pat Conroy

FRANNY AND ZOOEY by J.D. Salinger

ON THE BEACH by Neville Shute

THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR by Anne Rivers Siddons

HOMEPLACE by Anne Rivers Siddons

CHRISTY by Catherine Marshall

HAWAII by James Michener

GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell

THE WIND DONE GONE by Alice Randall

STONEHENGE by Bernard Cornwell

DROWNING RUTH by Christina Schwartz

THE CHILDREN BOB MOSES LED by William Heath

MISS OPHELIA by Mary B. Smith

THE DIARY OF MATTIE SPENCER by andra Dallas

THE PERSIAN PICKLE CLUB by Sandra Dallas

THE CHILI QUEEN by Sandra Dallas

THE MAGDALEN by Marita Conlon-McKenna

THE BOTTOMS by Joe Lansdale

A TIME TO KILL by John Grisham

THE PAINTED HOUSE by John Grisham

FAY by Larry Brown

 

 

 

 

 

MYSTERY AUTHORS

 

Agatha Christie

Dick Francis

Josephine Tey

M.C. Beaton (Hamish MacBeth)

Ed McBain

Del Shannon

Linda Barnes

Lillian O'Donnell

Ruth Rendell

Bill Pronzini

Sue Grafton

 

 

 

 

 

 

NONFICTION

 

RANDOM FAMILY by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Agatha Christie

AMAZING GRACE by Jonathan Kozol

THE ZOO THAT NEVER WAS by R.D. Lawrence

TEN THOUSAND SORROWS by Elizabeth Kim

WRITTEN IN BONES edited by Paul Bohn

GORILLAS IN THE MIST by Dian Fossey

***The James Herriot Books***

BLACKBIRD by Jennifer Lauck

STILL WATERS by Jennifer Lauck  

ANOTHER PLACE AT THE TABLE by Kathryn Harrison

 

 

 

 

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

 

*THE JUNIE B. JONES BOOKS* by Barbara Parks

LEON AND BOB by Simon James

NO SUCH THING by Jackie French Koller

*THE HENRY AND MUDGE BOOKS* by Cynthia Rylant

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES by L.M. Montgomery

WATCH OUT!  BIG BRO’S COMING by Jez Alborough

*THE HAIRY MACLARY BOOKS* by Lynley Dodd

DON’T NEED FRIENDS by Carolyn Crimi

The BUSTER Books by Hisako Madokoro

ANDREW’S LOOSE TOOTH by Robert Munsch

THE COW WHO WOULDN’T COME DOWN by Paul Brett Johnson

THE GRUFFALO by Julia Donaldson

LET’S GO HOME, LITTLE BEAR by Martin Waddell

CAN’T YOU SLEEP, LITTLE BEAR? By Martin Waddell

GOOD NIGHT, GOOD KNIGHT by Shelley Moore Thomas

GET WELL, GOOD KNIGHT by Shelley Moore Thomas

WHAT!  CRIED GRANNY by Kate Lum

STANLEY'S PARTY by Linda Bailey

THE PAPER BAG PRINCESS by Robert Munsch

MYSTERIOUS MISS SLADE by Dick King-Smith

THE FABULOUS FLYING FANDINIS by Ingrid Slyder