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Xandry's Essential Books (Books Essential to Xandry)

these are 110 of the books that have been "essential" to me, as a person, for some reason or other, roughly in order from childhood to adulthood!!
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The Ordinary Princess
The Ordinary Princess
1
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O'Dell)
Island of the Blue Dolphins
2
Scott O'Dell
The Great and Terrible Quest (Margaret Lovett)
The Great and Terrible Quest
3
Margaret Lovett
The Princess and Curdie (George MacDonald)
The Princess and Curdie
4
George MacDonald
The Horse and His Boy (C.S. Lewis)
The Horse and His Boy
5
C.S. Lewis
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
6
1952
The Last Battle (C.S. Lewis)
The Last Battle
7
C.S. Lewis
Mossflower (Brian Jacques)
Mossflower
8
Brian Jacques
Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice - The Rising Force (Dave Wolverton)
Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice - The Rising Force
9
Dave Wolverton
Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers (Ralph Moody)
Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers
10
Ralph Moody
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
11
Madeleine L'engle
A Wind in the Door (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wind in the Door
12
Madeleine L'engle
A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Madeleine L'engle)
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
13
Madeleine L'engle
After the Dancing Days (Margaret I. Rostkowski)
After the Dancing Days
14
Margaret I. Rostkowski
The Tale of Despereaux (Kate DiCamillo)
The Tale of Despereaux
15
Kate DiCamillo
Ella Enchanted (Gail Carson Levine)
Ella Enchanted
16
Gail Carson Levine
The Two Princesses of Bamarre (Gail Carson Levine)
The Two Princesses of Bamarre
17
Gail Carson Levine
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
18
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Last Olympian (Rick Riordan)
The Last Olympian
19
Rick Riordan
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott,)
Little Women
20
Louisa May Alcott,
Little Men (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Men
21
Louisa May Alcott
Jo's Boys
Jo's Boys
22
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
23
Erich Maria Remarque
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
24
S. E. Hinton
Inkheart (Cornelia Funke)
Inkheart
25
Cornelia Funke
Inkspell (Cornelia Funke)
Inkspell
26
Cornelia Funke
Inkdeath (Cornelia Funke)
Inkdeath
27
Cornelia Funke
The Silmarillion (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Silmarillion
28
J.R.R. Tolkien
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
29
Victor Hugo
The Goose Girl (Shannon Hale)
The Goose Girl
30
Shannon Hale
Book of a Thousand Days (Shannon Hale)
Book of a Thousand Days
31
Shannon Hale
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
32
Jane Austen
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
33
Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
34
Jane Austen
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
35
Charles Dickens
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
36
Charlotte Bronte
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
37
Lois Lowry
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters
38
C.S. Lewis
The Secret Adversary (Agatha Christie)
The Secret Adversary
39
Agatha Christie
Partners in Crime (Agatha Christie)
Partners in Crime
40
Agatha Christie
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