I have been tagged a bunch of times on Facebook for the 15 books that stick with you meme, where you quickly come up with 15 books that you will always remember (in less than 15 minutes.) Here’s my list (in no particular order):
My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Koninsburg
Gilead/Home by Marilynne Robinson
Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd Jones
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life by Bob Lupton
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
The Chronicle of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
The Second Coming by Walker Percy
The Time Trilogy by Madeline L’Engle
Tag me on facebook or leave a comment if you do one, I’d love to see it!
I’m doing one now!
This one is fun. Here’s mine: http://rosecityreader.blogspot.com/2009/06/15-books.html
I actually found your blog because I was trying to find the WORLD Magazine’s “Western Culture’s Top 50 Books” list. I found it on Lists of Bests, but was looking for another source to confirm the list (since I don’t subscribe, I can’t get the on-line version from the magazine).
So I found your blog and wanted to stop in and say thanks for adding the list on L of B. It is one of the lists I adopted and I am about to add it to my Lists of Lists on my Rose City Reader blog.
Kristen, I’m in San Francisco, as I write; we’re going to see and hear Wendell Berry speak tonight. If it is possible, I am almost numb with excitement! I just had to tell you!