booklist

I just read The Shack. It was one of those books. Past the head and straight to the heart. Very truthful that way. Much recommended. Just have Kleenex.

Other books that have really been important to me . . . no particular order and I'm forgetting a lot:

George MacDonald's "Princess" books

C.S. Lewis - anything at all, but I've read the Narnia series at least 50 times

Tolkien (of course)

Lullabies for Little Criminals

One Child

Jane Eyre

Schuyler's Monster

This Present Darkness

some book in my elementary school that was about a child who lived with badgers for a year (I think now he must have been autistic, but I don't think that was mentioned)

A Wrinkle in Time (the whole series)

Magic by the Lake

Exodus (by Leon Uris)

Calvin and Hobbes

L'Abri

God's Smuggler

Something More

The Hiding Place

The "Jungle Doctor" series

Star of Light

John Lyons on Horses

To Kill a Mockingbird

The Little Drummer Girl

I'll probably add to this list as I think of other books. These aren't my "favourite" books. That's another list. These are the ones that have clicked pieces in me that helped make me who I am. Just a little idealistic but I hope that never changes.