I love hearing people talk about which books are their favorites. For me, when someone ask what my favorite books are, is a very difficult question for me because I have so many categories! That said, I always begin with the classics. Hands down, if I were only to choose one book it would always be the Holy Bible. Its funny, there are moments when I’ve been out and about and either a random person or an employee of a store, would ask me what my favorite books are. I think depending where my head is at the moment, oftentimes I get stuck with the question. Strange how that works. Thinking back about my blogging, I believe-if I remember correctly- I have avoided this topic perhaps for that reason. Or maybe because-in all seriousness-there are too many to name. Particularly if you’re an avid reader.

Where shall I begin in this post? Childhood reads? The classics like I always do? How about not planning which books and listing a bunch of classics off the top of my head as quick as I can? That would be fun to see what I can come up with. Let’s begin, shall we?

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Middle March by George Eliot

Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy  

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

The Portrait of a Lady Henry James

The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery

There are so many more…

These book titles are not in any particular order.

Have you read any of these books? Out of this list, which are your favorites? This may be a fun topic to explore further.

I highly recommend these books to all.

Stephanie