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Melissa (Avid Reader)
I love books and I'll read just about anything. I tend to read a lot of literary fiction and classics, but I'm always looking for recommendations. I'm in my 20s and have been reading for as long as I can remember. My Rating System (I rate on my personal reaction to the book): ★ = one star ☆ = 1/2 star ★★★★★: A new favorite, a must-read ★★★★: Liked it a lot ★★★: Nothing special, but OK ★★: Not my cup of tea ★: Waste of time
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2005 Books


1.    Are You There God? It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume - ★★★

2.    He's Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt - ★★

3.    Million Dollar Baby by F. X. Toole - ★★★★

4.    The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander Mccall Smith - ★★★★

5.    Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne - ★★★★★

6.    Shadow of the Hegemon (Ender, book 6) by Orson Scott Card - ★★★★☆

7.    The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold - ★★★★

8.    Books, Baguettes and Bedbugs: The Left Bank World of Shakespeare and Co. by Jeremy 

        Mercer - ★★★★

9.    In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner - ★★

10.    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - ★★★★

11.    Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll - ★★★★

12.    Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson - ★★★★

13.    The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard - ★★

14.    Shadow of the Giant (Ender, Book 8) by Orson Scott Card - ★★★★★

15.    Blue Diary by Alice Hoffman - ★★★☆

16.    The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank - ★★★★☆

17.    A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers - ★★★★★

18.    The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller - ★★★★

19.    At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances by Alexander Mccall Smith - ★

20.    The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer - ★★

21.    Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer - ★★★

22.    The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler - ★★

23.    The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera - ★★

24.    Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins - ★★★

25.    Vittorio, the Vampire by Anne Rice - ☆

26.    Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith - ★★★

27.    Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith - ★★★

28.    Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman - ★★★

29.    Storm of the Century by Stephen King - ★★★★

30.    Ash Wednesday by Ethan Hawke - ★★

31.    The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket - ★★

32.    The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket - ★★★

33.    The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry - ★★★

34.    Sam's Letters to Jennifer by James Patterson - ★★★

35.    Ya-Yas in Bloom by Rebecca Wells - ★★★

36.    Umbrella Man by Roald Dahl - ★★★★

37.    Light a Penny Candle by Maeve Binchy - ★★★

38.    Gardenias for Breakfast by Robin Jones Gunn - ★★★

39.    Sisterchicks in Sombrero by Robin Jones Gunn - ★★★

40.    Ireland by Frank Delaney - ★★★★☆

41.    The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell - ★★★

42.    Shopaholic & Sister by Sophie Kinsella - ★★

43.    Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella - ★★★★

44.    The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella - ★★★

45.    The Alienist by Caleb Carr - ★★★

46.    The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy : and Other Stories by Tim Burton - ★

47.    Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell - ★

48.    The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman - ★★★★

49.    The Subtle Knife Philip by Pullman - ★★★★

50.    The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman - ★★★★

51.    Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire - ★★

52.    A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby - ★★

53.    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson - ★★★

54.    Sula by Toni Morrison - ★★★

55.    The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd - ★★★★

56.    Timeline by Michael Crichton - ★★★★

57.    Nights Of Rain And Stars by Maeve Binchy - ★★★★

58.    The Lilac Bus by Maeve Binchy - ★★★★

59.    The Last Juror by John Grisham - ★★★★

60.    True Believer by Nicholas Sparks - ★

61.    Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden - ★★★★

62.    Long Way Round by Ewan McGregor - ★★★★☆

63.    Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham - ★★

64.    The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams - ★★★★

65.    Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams - ★★★★★

66.    So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams - ★★★★★

67.    The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams - ★★★★★

68.    Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams - ★★★★★

69.    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - ★★★★★

70.    A Painted House by John Grisham - ★★★

71.    Girls in Pants  by Ann Brashares - ★★★

72.    The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares - ★★★

73.    Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks - ★★

74.    Eragon by Christopher Paolini - ★★★

75.    Digital Fortress by Dan Brown - ★

76.    The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt - ★★★★★

77.    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling - ★★★★★

78.    The Chamber by John Grisham - ★★★

79.    A New Kind of Christian by Brian D. McLaren - ★★★

80.    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - ★★★★

81.    Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis - ★★★★

82.    The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis - ★★★★

83.    The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis - ★★★★

84.    The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis - ★★★★★

85.    The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis  - ★★★★★

86.    The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis - ★★★★

87.    Four Blondes by Candace Bushnell - ☆

88.    Tara Road by Maeve Binchy - ★★★★★

89.    Watermelon by Marian Keyes - ★★★

90.    The Client by John Grisham - ★★★

91.    Taliesin by Stephen R. Lawhead - ★★★★

92.    Merlin by Stephen R. Lawhead - ★★★★

93.    Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane - ★★★★

94.    Prayers for Rain by Dennis Lehane - ★★★★

95.    Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane - ★★★★

96.    Mystic River by Dennis Lehane - ★★★★★

97.    Four Blind Mice by James Patterson - ☆

98.    Shadow Puppets (Ender, Book 7) by Orson Scott Card - ★★★★★

99.    Mansfield Park by Jane Austen - ★★★

100. Persuasion by Jane Austen - ★★★★★


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