Hall of Fame Reading List

This list is definitely non-exhaustive, but covers a few different types of reads: books that were formative, five-star experiences, and books I reread regularly for comfort. You can sort of split this list into escapism and brain food (although in each category, there is and can be overlap.) There are the books that are most entertaining to me, the books that have made me think, the books that feel most like myself and my taste—all different.

If a book makes me cry or significantly changes me, it may make it to this list. Plus, don't discount the role of the right book at the right time.

I hope you'll find a new read to love. (In no particular order.)

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A

Each Night Was Illuminated by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Midnight at the Electric by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh

B

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
How to Disappear: Notes on Invisibility in an Age of Transparency by Akiko Busch

C

Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson
Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter (series)
A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro (series)

D

Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly

F

Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick (series)

G

anything by Louise Glück

K

Small Damages by Beth Kephart
This Is the Story of You by Beth Kephart

M

Fingerprints of You by Kristen-Paige Madonia
Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (series)
Cinder by Marissa Meyer (series)
Famous in a Small Town by Emma Mills
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Hateship, Friendship, Loveship, Courtship, Marriage by Alice Munro
You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters by Kate Murphy

N

I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

O

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
The Long Goodbye by Meghan O'Rourke

anything by Mary Oliver

P

Even in Paradise by Chelsey Philpot

S

Dark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers Sain
The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider
The Memory Illusion by Dr. Julia Shaw
I'll Be There by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Mountain Sounds by Grace Smith (had to)
This Unfinished World: And Other Stories by Amber Sparks
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (audio only)
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

T

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

W

The Wren Hunt by Mary Watson
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Y

Places No One Knows by Brenna Yovanoff