Recommended Book List:

This list is made especially for Lorie! ^_^ However, if you're not Lorie, you can also check this out and seek out a book to read, hee hee...

A book will only make it on here if it's worthy of your attention. ^_^

By the way, some of these have been made into movies. A * indicates that the book is: "WAY better than the movie, I promise you!" ^_^

Authors with the last names of A - C

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams*

Molecular Biology of the Cell, by Alberts, et.al.

the five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (never watched movie yet. I'd like to one day!)

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (both movie and book are good!)

The Secret School by Avi

The Frog Princess by E.D. Baker

The Pilgrim's Progress, by John Bunyan

Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

I'm Just Here for the Food by Alton Brown

Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs*

Biology, by Neil Campbell

Cool Salsa ed. by Lori M. Carlson

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Adventure by Eoin Colfer
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer

Authors with the last names of D - F

Jesus Freak, by DC Talk

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

The Storyteller’s Daughter by Cameron Dokey

Passion and Purity, by Elisabeth Elliot

Phineas Gage: A Gruesome But True Story About Brain Science by John Fleishman

Authors with the last names of G - I

Developmental Biology, by Scott F. Gilbert

Introduction to Genetic Analysis, by Griffiths, et.al.

Stones From the River by Ursula Hegi

Witness by Karen Hesse

The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

Authors with the last names of J - L

Goose Chase by Patricia Kindl

How to be a Domestic Goddess by Nigella Lawson

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (both movie and book are classics)

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine*

The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis

Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Blue Gathering by Lois Lowry

Authors with the last names of M - O

Cut by Patricia McCormick

Do Fish Drink Water? by Bill McLain

What Makes Flamingos Pink? by Bill McLain

The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (both movie and book are AWESOME!!!)

The Secret of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien*

Animal Farm by George Orwell*

Authors with the last names of P - R

Cliffs Notes AP Biology, by Pack

How to Read a French Fry by Russ Parsons

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson

Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen

A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer

Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick

The Hot Zone by Richard Preston

Neuroscience, by Purves, et.al.

The Best American Science Writing 2002 ed. Matt Ridley

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (all of them were pretty good. =) )*

Authors with the last names of S - U

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

Loser by Jerry Spinelli

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Essential Truths of the Christian Faith, by R.C. Sproul

The Case for Christ, by Lee Strobel

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan*

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain*

Authors with the last names of V - Z

Rain of Gold, by Victor Villasenor

Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah

Dragonwings by Lawrence Yep

And of course, The Bible! ^_^ (this is the Bible I have and use, hee hee...I got it from Ralm when I graduated from high school. I like it!)