Children's Literature
All of the following I recommend for both kids and adults—my kids loved all of these! They would be great to read aloud and I've indicated when I've listened to the audiobook:
- From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
- audiobook is great
- all of my kids loved it (ages 7, 9, and 11)
- Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith
- Graphic Novel
- based on Beowulf
- recommended as a read aloud as kids may not know all of the vocabulary, also it is fun because of the word play and inner rhyme!
- we've already started giving it as gifts and now my niece is going to be Bea Wolf for Halloween!
- A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga
- audiobook is especially great
- at least one of my kids has reread it on their own
- if anyone in your family likes the movie Wall-E or space in general, this is a must-read!
- Heart of a Samurai by Margie Preus
- based on a true story!
- excellent audiobook
Young Adult Literature - these are books that I or my kids have read that are generally better for ages 13+
- All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat
- non-fiction
- lots of pictures
- highly recommend!
- Every Falling Star by Sungju Lee and Susan McClelland
- non-fiction / memoir
- references to drug, prostitution, etc. (still appropriate for middle school, though)
- recommend
- Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
- high school +
- I didn't love the second in the duology, but this book is not really a stand-alone..? I wouldn't recommend the second, but if you read this, you will probably want to finish the series :)
General Literature
Fiction:
- The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Lord Tennyson (poem)
- Recommended that you read it aloud (it's not very long)
- Interesting to watch this video by the Tate in London about the Waterhouse paintings that are inspired by the poem.
- And don't forget to watch the Anne of Green Gables scenes :)
- Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope
- I couldn't put it down, which says a lot for 19th century lit, right?
- my brother and I watched the miniseries after I finished it and it was excellent.
- Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
- highly enjoyable light fiction
- Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
- beautiful writing
- quiet, more serious book focused on family drama
- The Rom-commers by Katherine Center
- light contemporary romance
- please note there may be some profanity
Non-Fiction:
- The Radium Girls by Kate Moore
- avoid the audiobook
- a little gruesome at times, but worth finishing
- Muppets in Moscow by Natasha Lance Rogoff
- audiobook is phenomenal
- fascinating memoir about producing Sesame Street in Russia right after the Cold War
- The Longest Afternoon: The 400 Men Who Decided the Battle of Waterloo by Brendan Simms
- audiobook is good
- probably niche interest, as it focuses on one of the three battles in Waterloo in very close detail, but I enjoyed it.
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