Recommendations

After receiving multiple requests for recommendations, I’ve decided to organize some of my favorite books both by genre and intended audience.  I have the greatest number of recommendations for my most frequently read genres (fantasy, horror, thriller), so please forgive the absence of some genres and the relatively small number of books recommended for others. If you’re looking for romance recommendations, you’ve come to the wrong blog!

I’m always open for recommendations, so if you would like to suggest a book, please do so via Goodreads or fill out the form below.

Recommendations by Genre

Autobiography/Biography

Classic

• Dracula, by Bram Stoker
• Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
• The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• A Separate Peace, by John Knowles
• A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
• To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
• Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo

Contemporary

• The Last Song, by Nicholas Sparks
• Me Before You, by Jojo Moyes

Fantasy

• The Harry Potter Series, by J.K. Rowling – [Book 1] [Book 2] [Book 3] [Book 4] [Book 5] [Book 6] [Book 7]
• The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Starlight Archive, by Brandon Sanderson – [Book 1] [Book 2] [Book 3] [Book 4]
• The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss – [Book 1] [Book 2]
• The Infernal Devices Series, by Cassandra Clare – [Book 1] [Book 2] [Book 3]
• Shades of Magic Series, by V.E. Schwab – [Book 1] [Book 2] [Book 3]
• A Song of Ice and Fire Series, by George R.R. Martin – [Book 1] [Book 2] [Book 3] [Book 4] [Book 5] [Book 6] [Book 7]

Fiction

• Yellowface, by RF Kuang
• The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein
• The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
• Homecoming, by Cynthia Voigt

Historical Fiction

• Between Shades of Gray, by Ruth Sepetys
• The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
• The Diviners, by Libba Bray
• Night, by Elie Wiesel
• Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen

Horror

• Bird Box, by Josh Malerman
• Horrorstor, by Grady Hendrix
• The Troop, by Nick Cutter
• The Whisper Man, by Alex North
• It, by Stephen King
• The Shining, by Stephen King
• Misery, by Stephen King
• Cujo, by Stephen King
• Pet Sematary, by Stephen King

Mystery

• Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie
• And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie
• Jackaby Series, by William Ritter – [Book 1] [Book 2] [Book 3] [Book 4]
• The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, by Stuart Turton

Nonfiction

• Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Science Fiction

• The Lunar Chronicles, by Marissa Meyer – [Book 1] [Book 2] [Book 3] [Book 4]
• The Martian, by Andy Weir

Thriller

• The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins
• Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
• Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane
• Stillhouse Lake Series, by Rachel Caine – [Book 1] [Book 2] [Book 3] [Book 4]

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Recommendations by Age Category

Adult

• Bird Box, by Josh Malerman
• The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins
• Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
• The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
• It, by Stephen King
• The Martian, by Andy Weir
• Me Before You, by Jojo Moyes
• The Shining, by Stephen King
• Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane
• A Song of Ice and Fire Series, by George R.R. Martin – [Book 1] [Book 2] [Book 3] [Book 4] [Book 5] [Book 6] [Book 7]
• Stillhouse Lake Series, by Rachel Caine – [Book 1] [Book 2] [Book 3] [Book 4]
• A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
• Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen

New Adult

• Between Shades of Gray, by Ruth Sepetys
• The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien

Young Adult

• The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
• The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, by Holly Black
• The Diviners, by Libba Bray
• Homecoming, by Cynthia Voigt
• The Infernal Devices Series, by Cassandra Clare – [Book 1] [Book 2] [Book 3]
• The Lunar Chronicles, by Marissa Meyer – [Book 1] [Book 2] [Book 3] [Book 4]
• A Separate Peace, by John Knowles
• Shades of Magic Series, by V.E. Schwab – [Book 1] [Book 2] [Book 3]

Middle Grade

• The Alex Rider Series, by Anthony Horowitz – [Book 1] [Book 2] [Book 3] [Book 4] [Book 5] [Book 6] [Book 7] [Book 8] [Book 9] [Book 10] [Book 11] [Book 12]
• The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, by Terry Pratchett
• Dragon Rider, by Cornelia Funke
• The Inkworld Series, by Cornelia Funke – [Book 1] [Book 2] [Book 3]
• The Maximum Ride Series, by James Patterson – [Book 1] [Book 2] [Book 3] [Book 4] [Book 5] [Book 6] [Book 7] [Book 8] [Book 9]
• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs
• The Mysterious Benedict Society Series, by Trenton Lee Steward – [Book 1] [Book 2] [Book 3] [Book 4]
• The Name of This Book is Secret Series, by Pseudonymous Bosch – [Book 1] [Book 2] [Book 3] [Book 4] [Book 5]
• The Nancy Drew Series, by Carolyn Keene
• The Pendragon Series, by D.J. MacHale – [Book 1] [Book 2] [Book 3] [Book 4] [Book 5] [Book 6] [Book 7] [Book 8] [Book 9] [Book 10]
• Tentacles, by Roland Smith
• The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin

Children’s

• Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat, by Lynne Jonell
• The Geronimo Stilton Series, by Geronimo Stilton
• The Harry Potter Series, by J.K. Rowling – [Book 1] [Book 2] [Book 3] [Book 4] [Book 5] [Book 6] [Book 7]
• A Series of Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snicket

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