Favorite Works of Literature

 

Books

Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt

  • “Each man, when he dies, sees the landscape of his own soul.”

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

  • “What are men to rocks and mountains?”

Old Magic by Marianne Curely

  • “This wind is mystical yet tame, and it sings to me.”

Persuasion by Jane Austen

  • “You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope…I have loved none but you.”

Impossible by Nancy Werling

  • “Was true love when you wanted to slap someone and kiss him madly at the same time?”

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson, Levine

  • “It is helpful to know the proper way to behave, so one can decide whether or not to be proper.”

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

  • “Don’t judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.”

Austenland by Shannon Hale

  • “But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you’ve traveled with them through every page?”

Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marhlier

  • So you do believe in… true love?she whispered. I took a deep breath, I think I have to, I said, blinking back tears. Without it, we’re all going nowhere.

Shackles of Honor by Marica Lynn McClure

  • “It is a severe cruelty inflicted upon women…that we should be the ones who so desperately need love…affection…acceptance. And yet, we suffer…many of us, for lack of it throughout our entire lives.”-Shackles of Honor”

Adorkable by Cookie O’Gorman

  • “I was free, liberated. For a second there I even considered burning my bra.”

The Tide of Mermaid Tears by Marcia Lynn McClure

The Whispered Kiss by Marcia Lynn McClure

  • “Scars are but evidence of life,” Coquette said. “Evidence of choices to be learned from…evidence of wounds…wounds inflicted of mistakes…wounds we choose to allow the healing of. We likewise choose to see them, that we may not make the same mistakes again.”

The Missing Piece meets the Big O by Shel Silverstein

The Highwayman of Tanglewood by Marica Lynn McClure

  • “Injustice is plaguing the countryside! And I think pie may be the only answer.”

Love You Forever by Robert Munsch

  • “I love you forever, I’ll like you for always, as long as I am living, my baby you’ll be.”

Poems

  • Bright Star by John Keats
  • Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
  • A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns
  • Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare
  • The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Tennyson
  • The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
  • Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll

Plays

  • Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
  • Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
  • The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
  • Hamlet by William Shakespeare
  • The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Book Series

  • Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
  • Luxe Series by Anna Godbersen
  • Inkworld Series by Cornelia Funke
  • Divergent Series by Veronica Roth
  • The Forest of Hands and Teeth Series by Carrie Ryan
  • Graceling Realm Series by Kristin Cashore
  • Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
  • The Heros of Olympus by Rick Riordan
  • The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
  • Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer
  • The Lord of the Rings Series by J. R. Tolkien
  • The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins
  • The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
  • The Heros of Olympus by Rick Riordan
  • The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
  • The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan