Recently, I thought I should share with you some books I have read and loved. It occurred to me that it would be a great idea to let you know the kind of stories and writing I love because that would also give you an insight into the kind of stories I like to write and publish.
Here's a few books I love and like (in no specific order, they are all great in their own way):
1. Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
2. Shantaram by David Gregory Roberts
3. Snow Falling On Cedars by David Guterson
4. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
5. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgeral
6. Beast in View by Margaret Millar
7. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
8. In The Devil's Dreams by Felix Blackwell
9. Write a Novel and Get It Published by Nigel Watts
10. The Gardener by Rabindranath Tagore
11. Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
12. Given to Fly by J.D. Estrada
13. Punctuation Without Tears by Dominic Selwood
14. The Complete Illustrated Stories by Hans Christian Andersen
15. 1408 by Stephen King
16. Lullaby by Leila Slimani
17. The Call of the Wild by Jack London
18. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
19. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
20. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
21. In Between Days by Jen Blood
22. Romantic Porno by Florin Piersic Jr.
23. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
24. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
25. Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
26. Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz
27. The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster
28. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
29. Froth on the Daydream by Boris Vian
30. Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
31. House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski
32. Dream Country by Neil Gaiman
33. To Romania with Love by Tessa Dunlop
34. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
35. A Cottage and Three Acres by Colette O'Neill
36. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
37. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
38. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
39. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
40. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
41. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
42. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
43. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
44. Maitreyi by Mircea Eliade
45. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg
46. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
47. The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco
48. The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
49. My Secret Garden by Nancy Friday
50. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
My own published books are available here. I encourage you to read and review them. I write in a variety of genres (as you can tell from what I also like to read) and I always love hearing from readers what they think of my books.
What are your most beloved books?
Take care,
Crina-Ludmila.
