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Kim's avatar

I love City of Tranquil Light!

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Alexis Fragosa's avatar

I love the Mrs. Pollifax series! (And the Amelia Peabody series!)

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Abigail Pore's avatar

This is such a sweet idea!

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Natalie Nyquist's avatar

Lists of books! All over that.

1. The Last Battle

2. Return of the King

3. The Book That Would Not Burn

4. Anne of Green Gables

5. Cloud Cuckoo Land

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Ginny's avatar

I couldn’t pick just one from Narnia or LOTR 😅

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Hannah's avatar

Cloud Cuckoo Land has been on my to-read list for a while now!

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Ginny's avatar

Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Jane Eyre, Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of the Rings 📚

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Cheryl Nyquist's avatar

Pilgrim’s Inn -Goudge

The Heart of the Family - Goudge

The Curate’s Awakening- George MacDonald

Once Upon A Wardrobe- Patti Callahan

My Hands Came Away Red-Lisa McKay

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J.T. Caldwell's avatar

My five favorites: Animal Farm, The Hobbit, You Are Special, My Name Is Asher Lev, Sophie’s World.

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J.T. Caldwell's avatar

Or, replace Silas Marner with You Are Special.

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Kate Lindgren's avatar

You Are Special was such an incredibly formative book for me as a child.

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J.T. Caldwell's avatar

Yes, it’s been a tear jerker for me various times while reading it to our kids.

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Kristina T's avatar

I’m not I can pick just 5 there are so many wonderful books. I read the hobbit to my kids this year and I personally had never read it and it was just amazing!

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Rosie's avatar

Happy belated birthday! What a lovely and thoughtful way to celebrate. We do something similar with gifts at our house. My current five favorite books include: 1. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 2. Piranesi, 3. The Return of the King, 4. Silas Marner, and 5. Till We Have Faces (though I'm almost finished with I Cheerfully Refuse and it's giving me strong Piranesi vibes, AND I didn't even list the favorite children's books haha, limiting to five was incredibly difficult).

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Emily's avatar

Love "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"!

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Hannah Suire's avatar

Happy birthday!

My favorites:

1. Bleak House

2. Pride and Prejudice

3. Middlemarch

4. The Remains of the Day

5. The House of Mirth

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Abigail Scanlon's avatar

Oh, five favorite books… so hard!

1. Island of the World

2. Jayber Crow

3. Till We Have Faces

4. Tales of the Kingdom (David and Karen Mains)

5. Taran Wanderer

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Holly's avatar

Love the Chronicles of Prydain!

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Alicia Pyle's avatar

I'm almost finished with Jayber Crow. So wonderful. I love how Berry weaves both humor and reality, in all its frailty, sorrow, and beauty into his stories.

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Bethany Havener's avatar

Home, Crossing to Safety, East of Eden, Hannah Coulter, Jane Eyre 🤓😍

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Megan Biddle's avatar

Little Women

Narnia

LOTR

Green Ember

Anne of Green Gables

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Sophia's avatar

1. Jane Eyre

2.Pride and Prejudice

3. Persuasion

4. Wuthering Heights

5.Anne of Green Gables

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Katie Patchell's avatar

That is so kind of you! Happy belated birthday! My current favorites are: Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen!), The Franchise Affair (Josephine Tey), A Winter Away (Elizabeth Fair), Madman (Tracy Higley), and The Transylvania Trilogy (Miklos Banffy). Although Narnia, the Prydain Chronicles, and The Little White Horse are up there!

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Eden's avatar

Northanger Abbey is likely my favorite Austen work too! 😍

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Marsha's avatar

Hannah Coulter, Plainsong, Lessons in Chemistry, Refugia, Scripture Culture and Agriculture

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