Books to Read

Classic

• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
• Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

Historical Novels

• John Adams by David McCullough
• Devil's Dream (A Novel About Nathan Bedford Forrest) by Madison Smartt Bell
• Shades of Gray (Novel of the Civil War in Virginia) by Jessica James
• Gods and Generals (Novel of the Civil War) by Jeff Shaara, Michael Shaara

Crime /Mystery

• Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell
• Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell
• The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell
• Knitting Bones by Monica Ferris

Thriller

• The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly
• The Camel Club by David Baldacci
• The Collectors by David Baldacci
• Stone Cold  by David Baldacci
• Divine Justice by David Baldacci
• Deliver Us From Evil by David Baldacci
• Odd Hours by Dean Koontz
• Rain Gods by James Lee Burke
• Path of the Assassin by Brad Thor
• State of the Union by Brad Thor
• Blowback by Brad Thor
• Takedown by Brad Thor
• The First Commandment by Brad Thor
• The Last Patriot by Brad Thor
• The Apostle by Brad Thor
• Foreign Influence by Brad Thor
• The Athena Project by Brad Thor
• By Order of the President by W.E.B. Griffin

Fantasy

• Sword at Sunset by Rosemary Sutcliff

 

 

(**) = daughter read & added to my books to be read