Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie series. I must have read them all half a dozen times as a kid.
Lucy Maude Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables series. Not only do I know the movies by heart (which only vaguely resemble the books) but I’ve read the books over and over.
Barbara Park's Junie B. Jones. I know this is intended for new readers, but the character is hilarious. I could read this stuff to my nieces all day.
Jane Austen. I own all her completed novels, and again, have read them all multiple times. They take a little time to get into, but the characters are so 3-dimensional and ridiculous you have to love them. Or at least, I have to.
JK Rowling. So Harry Potter wasn’t around when I first started writing, nevermind when I grew up, but I still love her series.
I admit, I love Victorian-Era writers, Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of being Ernest is one of the most hilarious plays I’ve ever seen or read. I also love novels by The Bronte Sisters, and though Charles Dickens takes even longer to get into than Jane Austen, I love his character sketches and am working my way through his works as well.
As for more contemporary works...these are a few of the most recent books I’ve bought, loved and will read again:
Rules of Engagement by Stephanie Fowers (see all books) is my most recent read, a hilarious chick-lit story about an apartment of girls in a BYU student ward and playing the dating game.
My Not-So-Fairy-Tale Life by the fabulous Julie Wright (see all books).
To Have or To Hold by my favorite editor and writer Josi Kilpack (see all books).
This list will undoubtably grow as I remember more.
