THE BEST 100 NOVELS CHALLENGE

My mind went straight to Middle Grade and Classics  I haven't read as many current novels because I spend a lot of my time meditating, though I do read the books that make a stir.  I kept many of my favorite books from my childhood and have been re-reading many middle grade novels with my nephews... FUN!!!! :)  You want to relax?  Read Charlotte's Web again.  ;)

1. Charlotte’s Web
2. Anna Karenina (I <3 Levin)
3. East of Eden
4. This Boy’s Life  (Memoir, I know.)
5. Fantastic Mr. Fox
6. Island of the Blue Dolphins 
7. Pride And Prejudice
8. Jane Eyre
9. Siddartha
10. The Eyes of the Dragon
11. Heidi
12. The Secret Garden
13. Farmer Boy
14. Of Mice and Men
15. Sense and Sensibility
16. The Witches
17. The Witch of Blackbird Pond
18. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
19. Little House in the Big Woods
20. The Great Gatsby
21. Are You There God It's Me Margaret
22. Then Again Maybe I Won’t
23. Little House on the Prairie
24. The Alchemist
25. The Wind in the Willows (Best Literary Bromance?)
26. Tiger Eyes
27. The Hobbit
28. The Bridge to Terabithia
29. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
30. Anne of Green Gables
31. Rilla of Ingleside (First Book that made me cry)
32. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
33. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
34. Alice in Wonderland
35. Blubber
36. Summer Sisters
37. Waterlily
38. Ramona and her Mother
39. Anne’s House of Dreams
40. The BFG
41. The Shining
42. The Fellowship of the Ring
43. The Return of the King
44. The Two Towers
45. Emma
46. David Copperfield
47. Tortilla Flat
48. The Stand
49. The Sun Also Rises
50. All Quiet on the Western Front
51. In Cold Blood
52. Hinds Feet on High Places
53. Wuthering Heights
54. Ethan Frome
55. Ceremoney
56. 1984
57. Bram Stroker’s Dracula
58. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
59. The Mouse and the Motorcycle
60. The Trumpet of the Swan
61. Little Women
62. Stuart Little
63. Cold Mountain
64. Lonesome Dove
65. Beloved
66. The Hunger Games
67. Matilda
68. The Grapes of Wrath
69. Animal Farm
70. Memoirs of a Geisha
71. Sophie’s Choice
72. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
73. Watership Down
74. To Kill A MockingBird
75. Ender’s Game
76. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
77. The Color Purple
78. The Remains of the Day
79. Great Expectations
80. The Pearl
81. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
82. The Awakening
83. American Psycho
84. Interview with a Vampire
85. A Wrinkle in Time
86. Garden Spells
87. James and the Giant Peach
88. The Age of Innocence
89. Carrie
90. A River Runs Through It
91. The Twits
92. The Handmaid's Tale
93. A Clockwork Orange
94. She’s Come Undone
95. Cannery Row
96. The Voyage of Dawn Treader
97. James and the Giant peach
98. Eat Pray Love
99. The Cider House Rules
100. Misery ​

Nathan Bransford challenged his blog readers to share their top 100 novels.  I took the bait!

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