• Writers on Writing, essays compiled from The New York Times
• American Gods... by Neil Gaiman
• Reviving Ophelia, saving the selves of adolescent girls... by Mary Pipher, PH.D.
• Claudine at School... by Colette
• Rose Daughter... by Robin McKinley *
• The Handmaid's Tale... by Margaret Atwood
• Charity Girl... by Georgette Heyer
• A Thousand Gifts... by Ann Voskamp
• Bath Tangle... by Georgette Heyer
• In the Night Garden... by Catherynne M. Valente
• Jesus Feminist... by Sarah Bessey
• In the Cities of Coin and Spice... by Catherynne M. Valente
• Shadowfell... by Juliet Marillier
• The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making... by Catherynne M. Valente
• The Penderwicks in Spring... by Jeanne Birdsall
• The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There... by Catherynne M. Valente
• The Moon by Night... by Madeleine L'Engle
• A Ring of Endless Light... by Madeleine L'Engle
• Between the Acts... by Virginia Woolf
• The Magic Garden... by Gene Stratton-Porter
• House of Light... by Mary Oliver
• Troubling a Star... by Madeleine L'Engle
• The Bronte Sisters, The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne... By Catherine Reef
• The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two... By Catherynne M. Valente
• A Thousand Mornings... By Mary Oliver
• The Gifts of Imperfection... By Brene Brown, Ph.D., L.M.S.W.
• Go Set a Watchman... By Harper Lee
• Wonderstruck... By Brian Selznick
• El Deafo... By Cece Bell
• The Ordinary Princess... By M. M. Kaye *
• The Habitation of the Blessed... By Catherynne M. Valente
• Thirst... By Mary Oliver
• Sunshine... By Robin McKinley *
• Plan B... By Anne Lamott
• Evidence... By Mary Oliver
• The Folded World... By Catherynne M. Valente
• The Magician's Elephant... By Kate DiCamillo
• Deerskin... By Robin McKinley *

(* means re-read)