Children/Teens:
- Heidi by Johanna Spyri
- Little Britches, Father and I Were Ranchers by Ralph Moody (and others in the series)
- Sir Gibbie by George MacDonald
- A Hive of Busy Bees by Effie M. WIlliams
- Treasures of the Snow by Patricia St. James
- Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes
- Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- James Herriot's Treasury for Children by James Herriot
- Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
- Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
- The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
- Little Women by by Louisa May Alcott (also Little Men)
- The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann D. Wyss
- Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
- Far North by Will Hobbs
- Lost on a Mountain in Maine by Joseph Egan
- Pagoo by Holling C. Holling
- Minn of the Mississippi by Holling C. Holling
- Benjamin West and his cat Grimalkin by Marguerite Henry
- Leonardo Da Vinci (Childhood of World Figures) by George E. Stanley
- Painting America's Wildlife: John James Audubon by Janet Stevenson
- Seeing Fingers - the story of Louis Braille byEtta DeGering
- Little House in the Big Woods (and others in the series) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Brink
- Missionary Stories for Children
- Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
- Nothing is Impossible: the Story of Beatrix Potter by Dorothy Aldis
- So Dear to My Heart by Sterling North
- Rascal by Sterling North
- Young Thomas Edison by Sterling North
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- The Saturdays (and others) by Elizabeth Enright
- The Merry Adventure's of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
- The Great Fire by Jim Murphy
- An American Plague by Jim Murphy
- Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
- The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Spear
- Hank the Cowdog (and many in the series) by John R. Erickson
- The Chronicles of Narnia (series) by C. S. Lewis
- Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
- There's an Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George
- My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
- Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
- Homesick by Jean Fritz (and her many historical fiction biographies for children)
- The Great Brain by John D.l Fitzgerald (more in the series)
- The Borrowers by Mary Norton
- Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
- The Ransom of Red Chief and other stories by O. Henry
- Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Gray
- Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
- Watership Down by Richard Adams
- Pollyanna by Eleanor Porter
- Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
- Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
- The Wheel on the School by Meindert Dejong
- Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
- Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- All Creatures Great and Small and others by James Herriot
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and others by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- The Strange Lives of Familiar Insects by Edwin Way Teale
- Tesla: Man Out of Time by Margaret Cheney
- Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter
- The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky
- Archimedes & the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick
- Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
- Augustus Caesar's World by Genevieve Foster
- The World of William Penn by Genevieve Foster
- Material World by Peter Menzel (photographic journal)
- Honey For a Child's Heart by Gladys Hunt
Women's Interest:
- The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
- Mrs. Mike by Benedict and Nancy Freedman
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- The Small Woman: The True Story of Gladys Aylward of China by Alan Burgess
- Honey For a Woman's Heart by Gladys Hunt
- I'm Going to be the Greatest Mom Ever by Terri Camp
- Fascinating Womanhood by Helen Andelin
- Created to Be His Helpmeet by Debi Pearl
- How to Become Your Husband's Best Friend by Gary Smalley
- Creative Counterpart by Linda Dillow
- The Fruit of Her Hands: Respect and the Christian Woman by Nancy Wilson
- Praise Her in the Gates: the Calling of Christian Motherhood by Nancy Wilson
- Intimate Issues by Linda Dillow and Lorraine Pintus
- Seasons of a Mother's Heart by Sally Clarkson
- Tilly by Frank E. Peretti
- Pro-Life Christians by Joe Gulotta
Educational:
- Ignite the Fire by Terri Camp
- The Holy Bible
- A Child's History of the World (also Art & Geography) by V. M. Hillyer
- The Way They Learn by Cynthia Tobias
- Teach Your Own by John Holt
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- The Law by Frederick Bastiat
- Preparing for Adolescence by Dr. James Dobson
- The Well-Educated Mind by Susan Wise Bauer
- Literature Alive! by Cay A. Gibson
- The Moral Compass by William J. Bennett
- Letters to Jessica by Robert Bissett
- Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew
- The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
Marriage/Family Helps:
- Jumping Ship by Michael Pearl
- Grace Walk by Steve McVey
- Shattered Dreams: God's Unexpected Pathway to Joy by Larry Crabb
- The Marriage Builder by Larry Crabb
- Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul by John Eldredge
- Sheet Music by Kevin Leman
- Love is a Decision by Gary Smalley & John Trent
- The Blessing by Gary Smalley & John Trent
- His Needs, Her Needs - How to Build an Affair Proof Marriage by Willard F. Harley Jr.
- The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands by Dr. Laura Schlessinger
- Marriage Fitness by Mort Fertel
Health, Nutrition, Cooking:
- Inflammation Nation by Floyd H. Chilton
- What the Bible Says About Healthy Living by Rex Russell
- Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon
- God & Vitamins by Marjorie Holmes
- The Hallelujah Diet by George Malkmus
I love to get recommendations and always have a "to read" list going. Please share your favorites with us too!
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