Great thread Kristy! Ooooohhh, don't even get me started! I have enjoyed reading all my life. I've read hundreds of books, fiction and non-fiction. Here's some of my favorites off the top of my head, and there's no way I could come up with a complete list:
The Bible - It's a real page-turner!!
I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles - About QE 1.
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks - not my usual cup o' tea, but I loved this book! I cried and cried!! Musta been hormones, lol!
Devoted by Alice Borchardt (Ann Rice's sister, not a fan of Ann Rice *shiver* Her books are too gory!)
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Anything by
Anne Rivers Siddons or
Dororthea Benton Frank on the LowCountry of South Carolina
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti
Anything by
John Grisham,
Lawrence Sanders, or
Michael Crichton!!!
DianaB, if you like Christian fiction have you read the trilogy by Francine Rivers,
A Voice in the Wind, An Echo in the Darkness and
As Sure as the Dawn about the slave girl Hadassah? Also,
The Church Ladies by Lisa Samson.
I went on a non-fiction jag for about 5 years where that was all I read. I love and own
A Chance to Die, The Life of Amy Charmichael by Elizabeth Elliot and
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes (this was made into a movie but of course didn't compare to the book) and
Cry of the Khalahari by Mark and Delia Owens.
Those are just the tip of the iceberg. I know I'm forgetting a lot!!