Audience: Young Adult
When I saw the covers and read the titles of these books, I decided that I probably was not going to like them. However, shortly into the first book, I was hooked! They are a strange combination of historical fiction and fantasy that I have been craving ever since. I learned not to judge a book by it's cover!
Audience: Adult / Young Adult
If I had read the synopsis of this book before reading it, I probably would not have been interested. However, this book was highly recommended to me by so many people that I decided I had better check it out. It was phenomenal! There is an entire series that follows this book (which I haven't ever gotten around to reading), and also a parallel series that begins with "Ender's Shadow," which tells the same story as Ender's Game from a different person's perspective. I was impressed by both books!
Audience: Young Adult
This dark fantasy series was absolutely fantastic! Again, I initially judged the first book by it's cover and would not have read it had my mother not so whole-heartedly recommended it. I found it to be well-written, fairly complex, and extremely compelling.
Audience: Children (picture book)
I loved this book as a child. I reread it several times in high school and college and loved it for different reasons. Rereading it as a mother makes me love this book for different reasons still. It is a classic, and has definitely earned it's position on this list!
Audience: Young adult
This distopian series is fantastic! I will admit, when I first heard the synopsis of the first book, I was a little weary. However, I was glued to the book from the beginning. I am fairly certain that I read each book in one sitting!
Sidenote: Suzanne Collins also wrote a fantastic series for children called "The Overland Chronicles." The series begins with the book, "Gregor the Overlander." If you liked "The Hunger Games," you might like "The Overland Chronicles!"
Audience: Adult
I first read this fantastic book for a Spanish Literature class during my undergraduate degree in Spanish Education. It is a fantasy/distopian novel that I would have read in one sitting had it not been written in my second language! (It takes a little longer to read in a second language.)
Audience: Children (novel)
This Newbery Award winner has been a favorite of mine since I first read it in fifth grade. I still loved it when I reread it in college. What can I say? I love distopian novels!
Audience: Children (picture book)
This is my all-time favorite picture book! It is hilariously written and illustrated, and adapts many well-known fairy tales into stories that are utterly ridiculous.
Audience: Adult
This book challenged the way I thought about the world (in a good way!). It's a long read, but it is worth reading. It was definitely a life-changing read for me.
Audience: Children / Young Adult
It's a bit of an obsession, really (I frequently dress up like Harry Potter characters for Halloween, and book and movie releases). Books 6 and 7 are my favorite!
Honorable mentions: A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khalded Hosseini), A Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood), The Lorax (Dr. Seuss)
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