Last week, I posed the question “What is your favorite book?” as one of the entries for the Week 4 Anniversary Contest. Of course, it can be difficult to narrow down one specific favorite. But this was just for fun and I wanted to share the answers with you for your reading pleasure. Some form of “I can’t pick one!” was selected 12 times. And we did have a few people list more than one book, which we allowed in the results parsing below.
I have consolidated all of the duplicate answers and then divided them up by the most popular author across all selections. This is in no way the end all, be all FAVORITE BOOKS EVER list, but perhaps you may find some interesting titles to add to your TBR stack. I certainly did!
I also added a personal rating for the books that I have read and liked. RF is a book I have read, and consider one of my many favorites. RR is for books I have read and would recommend. R is a book I have read, DNF is for books I started to read but did not (and will not) finish. O means I own the book, but have not yet read it, but intend to. NO designates “no opinion” as I have either not heard of it before, or simply do not personally have a strong opinion on reading it or not. I means I do not own it yet, but am interested in reading it at some point. NI means I have heard of it, but am not interested in reading it, probably due to it not being one of my preferred genres. MWB, sigh… This is one of the extremely rare, the “movie was better.” 99.9% of the time I am a “the book was better” girl… but The Princess Bride movie is perfection, but the book was just fine… 🙂
Top Book Selections
If I had to try to narrow down a top favorite, I would cheat and name both Watership Down by Richard Adams and The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak, in no particular order (neither chosen in the poll). My husband would second the pick of Jurassic Park by Michael Creighton. Sarah’s top pick is Vicious by V.E. Schwab (also not chosen), Robbie picked Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman (Scythe was chosen), Riley seconds The Martian by Andy Weir, and Regina selected El Deafo by Cece Bell (not chosen).
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Emily Cook is the author and creator of the secular homeschool curriculumBuild Your Library, a literature-based K-12 program infused with the teachings of Charlotte Mason. She writes full-year lesson plans as well as shorter topical unit studies. Emily has been homeschooling her four children in Southern NH for 21 years. She is passionate about reading aloud to children of all ages and loves to share her love of literature with others. She and her family also make incredibly dorky videos about homeschooling, books, and more on Youtube at ARRRGH! Schooling. You can follow her on Facebook,Twitter, and Pinterest. You can also check out her author page on Amazon.
Have you been looking for a literature based homeschool curriculum that is secular? How about a way to incorporate narration, copywork, dictation and memory work into your child’s education? Or art study that ties into history?
For more recommendations of some of my favorite history and historical fiction books, also check out my favorites at History Book By Book.
Emily Cook is the author and creator of the secular homeschool curriculum Build Your Library, a literature-based K-12 program infused with the teachings of Charlotte Mason. She writes full-year lesson plans as well as shorter topical unit studies. Emily has been homeschooling her four children in Southern NH for 21 years. She is passionate about reading aloud to children of all ages and loves to share her love of literature with others. She and her family also make incredibly dorky videos about homeschooling, books, and more on Youtube at ARRRGH! Schooling. You can follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. You can also check out her author page on Amazon.
