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Sunday Book Club: My Favorite Books Growing Up (and through today)

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If you’re reading this now, that means that I’ve officially turned 31. Eeek! Since my birthday fell on Sunday, aka Sunday Book Club Day, I thought what better way to celebrate than to talk about my favorite books from the last three decades of my life?

My Favorite Books Growing Up

Zero to Five-ish

Okay, I definitely had to reach out to my mom for this one. But I also know some of the titles from seeing them on my shelf and hearing her talk about them.

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina

Each Peach Pear Plum by Allan and Janet Ahlberg

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.

Corduroy by Don Freeman

The Berenstain Bears (series) by Jan and Mike Berenstain

Curious George by H.A. Rey

Five-ish to 10-ish

Arthur (series) by Marc Brown

Angelina Ballerina (series) by Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig

Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish

Baby-Sitters Little Sister (series) by Ann M. Martin

Middle School Age

The Babysitters Club (series) by Ann M. Martin

The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling (this is when it started for me)

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (uhhhh since when was this a series??)

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

High School

Gossip Girl (series) by Cecily von Ziegesar

Basically any book written by Sarah Dessen

The Jessica Darling Series by Megan McCafferty

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (because of all of the acting classes I did on the side I had a weird love of Shakespeare and anything based on it or had ties to it. Which is also why 10 Things I Hate About You is one of my favorite movies.)

College

Umm, so this time is a little fuzzy because I had basically zero time for fiction. BUT I know I was reading fiction because I had a Pittsburgh library card and I always read before I went to sleep. So I know that I continued to read any of the high school books listed above that continued to come out while I was in college. Also, I didn’t get on Goodreads until right after college. But here were some of my favorite authors & books I read to keep me going during the few times I could squeeze fiction in (aka a lot of “chick lit”.

The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger

Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin

Something Blue by Emily Giffin

Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Skyes

Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown (You need to read the book if you haven’t!)

Any book by Dan Brown (call me basic, I don’t care!)

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory (or really most books by her)

11/22/63 by Stephen King

Post College Life to Present

Okay, this is going to probably be a big list, so I’m going to just try to list the best of the best. Especially since you can just go back and look at my favorite books of 2019, 2018…and so on.

Crazy Rich Asians (Series) by Kevin Kwan

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

I Don’t Know What You Know Me From by Judy Greer

Why Not Me by Mindy Kaling

The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han (the series, but also anything by Jenny Han)

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon (or really any book by her)

Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale and Stan Redding

American Royals by Katharine McGee

World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements by John Hunter

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (and anything else she writes!)

Any book by Marissa Meyer

Oh my gosh, I have so many books I want to go back and read now! Let me know what some of your favorite books growing up were then and now. I’d love to compare lists!

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina

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Each Peach Pear Plum by Allan and Janet Ahlberg

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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.

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Corduroy by Don Freeman

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The Berenstain Bears (series) by Jan and Mike Berenstain

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Curious George by H.A. Rey

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