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In case some of you missed this suggested 2011 Book List from author Marilyn Faulkner, I thought that I would post it here. If you look at the source: http://www.sugardoodle.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7068&Itemid=100541
you will find great follow up comments which offer more book suggestions as ways to get some classics for free. Check it out!
Marilyn Faulkner writes, "Looking for great books to read that fit within the spirit of the 13th Article of Faith? Look no further! Here’s a reading guide for the year, with a different topic for each month. Invite members to read any of the three selections, and have a great discussion on the topic. Here are the twelve monthly categories with the suggested books – Enjoy!"
(Find discussion questions, background information, and author biographies for all 36 selections in Back to the Best Books, by Marilyn Green Faulkner, available at Amazon.com)
January - Family First
- Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy
- The Forsyte Saga, by John Galsworthy
- How Green Was My Valley, by Richard Llewellyn
February - Growing Pains
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith
- Kristin Lavransdatter, by Sigrid Undset
- Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, by Jung Chang
March - Boys to Men
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
- The Chosen, by Chaim Potok
- The Power of One, by Bryce Courtenay
April - Road Trips
- The Reivers, by William Faulkner
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
- Kim, by Rudyard Kipling
May - True Romance
- Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
- A Room With a View, by E. M. Forster
- The Pursuit of Love, by Nancy Mitford
June - Action Figures
- The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
- Master and Commander, by Patrick O’Brian
- All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque
July - The Children’s Hour
- Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens
- The Old Curiosity Shop, by Charles Dickens
- Silas Marner, by George Eliot
August - Nobody’s Perfect
- Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte
- Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Celestial Navigation, by Anne Tyler
September - Chick-Lit for Grown-ups
- Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen
- O, Pioneers! by Willa Cather
- Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
October - A Good Man is Hard to Find
- Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo
- Keys of the Kingdom, by A.J. Cronin
- The Warden, by Anthony Trollope
November - Fantasy Land
- The Harry Potter Collection, by J.K. Rowling
- Watership Down, by Richard Adams
- The Once and Future King, by T.H. White
December - Mystery Makers
- The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins
- The Complete Sherlock Holmes, by A. Conan Doyle
- The Agatha Christie Collection, by Agatha Christie
- The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories, by Dorothy L. Sayers
Happy Reading!
