These books are ones that I have read for fun/on my own. Some are childhood favorites, while others are new loves. (Since 2000)

• James and the Giant Peach
• Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
• The Phantom Tollbooth
• The Catcher in the Rye
• Of Mice & Men
• A Walk to Remember
• In the Forest of the Night
• Demon in My View
• The Virgin Suicides
• Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows
• Twilight
• New Moon
• Eclispe
• A Great & Terrible Beauty
• Rebel Angels
• City of Bones
• City of Ashes