Whether you’re an avid reader, or a more reluctant one, we all have those “Ah-ha!” moments when a particular book strikes you directly to your core. It could make you laugh out loud, or cry big rolling tears. Maybe an irony paralyzes, or you discover a truth so personal you have to yell, “Ureka!” (or some other more modern expletive).
We are thrilled to have compiled a list from HowDoesShe staff and readers like you of books that have deeply touched us as children, young adults, and now adults. We hope to bring you some exciting titles that you may not have heard of before.
These are the books that have changed the way we view the world and made us fall head over heels with reading. These are titles we plan on revisiting again and again, books we hope our children will enjoy. They are so good, they must be present in the home for everyone to enjoy.
Of course, there are so many great books out there and we can’t feature them all, so feel free to add your picks in the comment section below. Without further ado, here is our compilation of titles every home should own!
*Please note: I have read many of these books, but certainly not all of them. I’ve tried to mark the ones I know contain adult language or adult themes with an * by the title. But if I missed one, feel free to comment below.
P.S. All titles and picture collages are linked to Amazon so you can read more about them. It’s by far my favorite place to shop for books!
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Top 10 Children’s picture books
The love of reading starts here. Reading to children when they are young plants a seed for strong literacy and love for learning. Through poetic simplicity and vibrant illustrations, children’s books are powerful springboards for the imagination. Not only do they teach moral concepts and life skills, they have a lasting effect that follow us even into adulthood. You probably remember certain books that impacted you as a child; here are a few new ones we know your child will love!
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch and Sheila McGraw
Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (and other If You Give… books) by Laura Joffe Numeroff and Felicia Bond
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Enemy Pie by Derek Munson and Tara Calahan King
The Oak Inside the Acorn by Max Lucado and George Angelini
Geronimo Stilton books by Geronimo Stilton
Honorable Mentions:
Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm by Mark Beuhner
Bus-a-saurus Bop by Diane Z. Shore and David Clark
Top 10 Children’s Literature
My favorite part of the elementary school day was going to the library. I’d peruse shelves and shelves of books, carefully running my fingers along their spines until one caught my interest. That was where I met the Boxcar Children, R.L. Stine, and where I first traveled to Narnia with Lucy. Here are some great places and friends that children everywhere deserve to meet.
The Giver (Quartet) by Lois Lowry
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne
The 39 Clues series by Rick Riordan
How To Train Your Dragon series by Cressida Cowell
Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
Nate the Great series by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Honorable Mentions:
Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Top 10 Young Adult Literature
Known simply as YAL, this beloved genre of tweens, teens, and adults alike has produced popular page-turners and profound literature as well. Series like Twilight and The Hunger Games have sucked readers into their gravitational pull, and so will the following titles.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Divergent series by Veronica Roth
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
*Enders Game by Orson Scott Card
*Shattering Glass by Gail Giles
The Maze Runner series by James Dashner
The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
Honorable Mentions:
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Top 10 Adult Fiction
After Green Eggs and Ham and To Kill a Mockingbird, our love for books lives on. Like a thirst we cannot quite quench, a lot of us are always on the search for a great book. These page turners were titles that impacted the lives of our staff at HowDoesShe, as well as our Facebook readers. If you’re looking for the good ones, give these titles a try.
*Note: the image for the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand appears in the fiction section, but it does belong in the nonfiction section.
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
These is My Words by Nancy Turner
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
*One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Honorable Mentions:
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
*The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
Top 10 Adult Nonfiction
Sometimes, another person’s real-life experience or research can touch us so deeply that we change the way we parent, the way we love, the way we feel about life. The following nonfiction books touched us, and our readers as well. Perhaps they will strike a chord with you too.
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Heaven is Here: An Incredible Story of Hope, Triumph, and Everyday Joy by Stephanie Nielson
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Parenting With Love And Logic by Foster Cline and Jim Fay
The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence by Gavin de Becker
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow
Left to Tell: Discovering god Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee Ilibagiza
Death Be Not Proud by John J. Gunther
The Five Love Languages by Gary D Chapman
Honorable Mentions:
*The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss by Joel Fuhrman
The Classics
If you don’t own them already, now is the time to outfit your home with some of the most widely loved and treasured classics of all time.
Children’s Picture Book Classics
No childhood would be complete without these classics, and no home should be either. If you don’t already have them, make sure to check out the books that make up the “canon” of children’s literature.
Dr. Seuss books, especially Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, and Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendek
Are You My Mother by P.D. Eastman
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Children’s Literature Classics
Time travel with Meg and her little brother to heroically save her father, swing from the rope swing into Terabithia with Jess and Leslie in a heart-wrenching tale of friendship, and dig hole after hole with forever loveable Stanley Yelnats. But whatever you do, please don’t let your children grow up without knowing these great books!
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (and The Chronicles of Narnia) by C.S. Lewis
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White and Garth Williams
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Superfudge (and other books) by Judy Blume
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
James and the Giant Peach (and other books) by Roald Dahl
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Young Adult Classics
One of the most popular genres, here are the YAL books that every home should own. Seriously, they’re that good.
The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R Tolkien
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
*Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Classics for Everyone
They’re considered classics for a reason. We love them for their unforgettable stories and valuable life lessons, not to mention their use of beautiful language and literary devices. A lot of people are intimidated by them, but don’t be! They are classics because they were, are, and will timelessly be fabulous books.
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
All John Steinbeck books, especially Cannery Row and *Of Mice and Men
Jane Austen books, especially Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
There are surely countless titles that you and your family adores that are not on this list. Of course, a post like this could go on, and on, and on…you get the point. But the real point is to get reading! You, your kids, your reluctant non-reader husband, your friend, neighbor, dog, you name it. Reading can transport to wonderful places and transform us into creative, caring, knowledgeable individuals.
If there are books that have changed your life that aren’t on our list, PLEASE share them below! Happy reading!
Britt Hanson says
I’m an avid reader, and I agree with most of the books on your list! But the one book I would HAVE to add is Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom. If you haven’t read it, go get it NOW. It’s a fairly short read, but it changed my life.
Nicolette says
You’re right, that is a fabulous book! I taught it to Juniors in high school and I saw the impact it had on them, and myself as well.
Iyshwarya says
The velveteen rabbit and all the books by Enid Blyton should be in the children’s classics section also!
Terri says
I LOVED ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns.’ I still think about the characters and their lives. That’s one of the things I love about books, is the characters becoming a part of who you are.
Andrea says
I love it! I would add The Little Prince.
Em says
What a great, comprehensive list! Awesome selection selection and now I have a few more to add to my to-read list.
I didn’t see “A Child’s Garden of Verses” by Robert Louis Stevenson on the children’s list, that would be a must for our family.
To the young adult classics I would add “Black Like Me” by John Griffin.
And finally to the Classics for Everyone, “Screwtape Letters” by C. S. Lewis
Again, great list!
Jessica says
I was thinking Tuesdays with Morrie as well.
I would also recommend “Hats for Sale” and “There’s a Monster at the End of this Book” to children’s picture books, and “A Dog’s Purpose” to the adult fiction list.
Stephanie says
The Monster at the End of this Book is one of my favorites too! Also, and I may have over looked it but I really, really like, “I Love You Stinky Face”
Carla L. says
Great list of books! I’ll have to look into reading some of the recommended non-fiction books. Just to note, A Thousand Splendid Suns and Memoirs of a Geisha contain adult themes. The Help and The Glass Castle have a lot of language as well. Thanks for putting this list together!
Meg @ Snap Happy Mom says
This is a great list, but it’s clear it’s a compilation of several people’s suggestions. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, is mistakenly marked as fiction, when it is an absolutely true story. It belongs in the non-fiction list, and it needs an asterisk: it’s about a war, and violence is very much a part of that story. It’s fantastic but very adult.
I would also put an asterisk by Book Thief and Maze Runner.
Nicolette says
Thanks Meg, I’ve updated the list to show “Unbroken” in the non-fiction section, although the book image will have to remain in the fiction section. Thanks for the clarification!
Penny says
Wow! What a great article, and a great list! I know there wasn’t room to include every great book. I would like to include two in the children’s classics that I didn’t see: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst.
Loni S says
You’ve chosen some great books and I agree with most of them. Just a few things: Book Thief as YA Fiction? I’d have put that in adult fiction with some of the subject matter. Unbroken as Fiction? It’s the true story of Louis Zamperini so how is that fiction?
Thanks to you, I have a few new books to read!
Tonya says
Hello! Great list. My daughter read divergent and there are some “romance” scenes. So you might want to put an asterisk by it 😉
theladykay says
Great list! I have almost all of these! Yes, we have our own library in our home.
I would add:
to kid’s list–Walter the Farting Dog
to adult’s list–the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon
Thanks for another great post!
Erika says
Yes! I was going to add the Outlander series as well.
Kim H says
Love your lists! But a correction: “Unbroken” is non-fiction. It’s the biography of Louis Zamparini, a man still very much alive! Such a fantastic book, it’s one of my all time favorites. But it’s easy to see how that was a mistake, the things that happened to him seem so unbelievable they seem like fiction, if it were not for the 7 years of research Hillenbrand did and all the fact checking and story verifications she did to write this story.
Nicolette says
Noted and changed. Thanks for the feedback!
Kristine says
I would add “The Rent Collector” it is an amazing book about humanity. It takes place in the slums of Cambodia yet the main character and her husband discussed and argued about the same things we do. Loved it!
K says
I would add Moloka’i as a historical fiction must read.. Heartbreaking story about leporasy infecting Hawaii.
Sharli says
Great lists, great books! Maybe someone has already pointed this out to you, but Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is definitely not a work of fiction. It’s very much a true story. Just thought I’d let you know!
Michelle says
Im not sure what category it would go in but one of my favorite books of all time Goodnight Mr. Tom I am pretty
Michelle says
Whoops! I hit enter too soon.. I was saying that I am pretty sure it contains curse words, and it is fairly graphic but I remember it hitting me like a ton of bricks as a child. I re-read it again this year and loved it just as much.
Marianne L says
Love You Forever still brings a tear to my eye.
Jane Rusch says
Love You Forever is the book I give at every baby shower – It always gets read at the party and there a always tears.
I’ve only met one person who doesn’t care for it, she doesn’t want her children to feel obligated to care for her in old age.
Anjie Behunin says
I can’t wait to get started on some of these books I haven’t read! Thank you.
One book I read that sticks with me today is “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” It is about the HeLa cells that have been instrumental in medical research. I read it a few years ago but there is always some kind of info about those cells in the news.
Leslie says
I would add “Big, Bad Bunny” to the children’s list. Even now my 9 and 14 year old still pull it out and read and laugh!!
Debra Brungardt says
Oh my gosh! I have read a large number of the books listed! My all time favorite books are on Helen Keller & Diary of Ann Frank.
Amie says
Thanks! I will keep this post handy for future reference.
Loretta says
Thanks for making my infinitely long list from the library even longer! I love reading so much in the winter and fall 🙂
Danielle says
oh yes! Mo Willems! My favorite is Today I Can Fly.
Tricia says
I think this is a fantastic list, but I have to add Corduroy by Dan Freeman to classic children’s picture books, Stuart Little by E.B. White and The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett to classic children’s literature, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving and The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood to Adult Fiction. I could read all of these books over and over again!!
Kelly P says
I agree with all but one book that you’ve listed. I read three of the Fallen series (despite finding the first one just short of terrible) and I was never impressed with the main characters though the story finally got interesting. If you want to read a series involving Angels I thought Unearthly by Cynthia Hand was better. Also, an imaginative trilogy with a bit of steampunk that I really enjoyed was the Leviathan trilogy by Scott Westerfeld.
Netty says
As an elementary school librarian I think this is impossible…but my list would DEFINITELY include a Mo Williems book….preferably an Elephant and Piggie title. 🙂 Top ten….just not possible to do… top 50 I could probably manage. 🙂
Nicolette says
Ooh, yes, Mo Williems books are so great! We love going to library time because they always read those. So fun for kids.
Danielle says
Great lists!
I agree with others that book thief and the maze runner series should have an * next to them. And bridge to terrabithia too because death is a mature theme. And while books can be a good way to explore that theme with kids the adults in their lives should know what they are reading. 🙂
I’d like to recommend A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel too. It’s a memoir. And one of my favorite books.
Joyce Amacher says
I was so glad to see Gone with the Wind and Gone Girl on your adult list
carol says
Love the list.. there are not to many on your list I have not read. I was disappointed to see you did not list the Bible anywhere. I do know not everyone will agree but it will never come off my must have list, top 10 list and every home should have list. Indeed for me it would be #1 on every list
germaine dubois says
Been a lover of books since the seventh grade when I discovered reading took me to another world… When my kids were young I read to them, and now they love the journey they have when they read. There are so many out there and too many to speak about.. I just finished a great journey last night and will begin a new one soon. Its a journey each soul should experience, a lifetime of enjoyment to be able to do.. So glad you listed The Glass Castle a book I recommend and bought again when I came across it at a garage sale. I pass the ones I read and keep the ones I wish to journey with again..
Angela says
I would include Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen. My 16 year old daughter & I both absolutely loved it.
Missy-in-NJ says
Love love LOVE your lists. Well done. Love. LOVE!
Randi says
No Shakespeare??? I’ve read a few books in your list (more than a few, I was an English major), but something to consider is listening to the audios for people or children with an aversion to reading. I myself love to listen to books (Gone with the Wind, Pride & Prejudice, and The Hunger Games trilogy are superb) when I’m running or doing chores.
Kalicia R. Beasley says
I love my pods! They get everything clean and smelling great!
Leah K. Griggs says
OhMyGoodness! I am sooo excited to see Shattering Glass on here! It is one of my faves (still) and I was not expecting to see it!
Nicolette says
Yay! I taught that book to some very reluctant Sophimore readers and they became so involved in reading that book, it was a complete miracle!
Nicolette says
*Sophomore
Amanda says
“Little Bee” by Chris Cleave should have an asterik by it. I read it a couple years ago and still have graphic nightmares about the jouney “little bee” took. Absolutely awful; actually, had I known more about the book I don’t think I would have read it at all…
Nicolette says
I have added an asterisk by “Little Bee.” Thank you for the heads up!
Alix says
I am an avid book reader and have read all the books on your list. Good choices. The only choice I disagree with his the HOw To train Your dragon book. We love the movie the tv shows and have all their toys. I was excited about the book. It is nothing like the movie and do not like the charatures. They are rude and use non child like language. I had to stop reading it to my kids. I was disappointed and sad this is recommended. There area my heartwarming fun and adventures boy books out there to choose from.
Joanna says
This is an older book, published in 1938, so I think it gets overlooked a lot, but it is so beautifully written and absolutely wonderful. I highly recommend The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1939.
Robin Iida says
Absolutely. As a veteran 25-year homeschooler, I have read aloud so many of these titles to my four children. The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings is hands-down a well recipient of a Pulitzer Prize. Rawlings memoir, Cross Creek, is excellent as well. I have nearly all the above titles, in the article as well as the comments, in my home library … have lost a few to lending (or maybe they’re in that basement closet), but am retrieving via Amazon and thrift stores items like The Glass Castle, Where the Wild Things Are, the last two of the James Herriot series, etc. I would definitely have to recommend Watership Down. Three of my four children are boys, and this story includes great leadership principles. As an aside, my library contains many Newbery winners and quiet goodies like Understood Betsy. Just snagged a pristine hardback copy (to replace the paperback) of The Little Prince at a local thrift store!
Jasmine says
I love most of the books on your list! My newest favorite is Your Adventure to Happiness by N. Zakiyya. I have the ebook and I can’t wait to get hard copies to give as gifts….very beautiful book!
Lorraine says
This is a great list. The books I have read from it are mostly fantastic. I however absolutely disagree with the inclusion of the Junie B. Jones series. My then first grader brought one of these books home and I was appalled by the grammar usage in this book. As a parent of a child with a language delay, I want her to read books which model good grammar. Children learn grammar by listening and by reading. If the literature they read does not model proper grammar, they will struggle to learn proper grammar. My children will not be reading any more of these books if I have anything to say about it.
Jen @ The Well Read Fish says
And to children’s lit (though it was more YA when I was younger) is “From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.”
SOOOOOOgooodddddd…I still reference it all the time.
Michelle says
This is a great list to return to as my children get older. Although, I am surprised to see the Junie B. Jones series made the cut. I began reading these books to my 5 year old at the beginning of this year. I was extremely disappointed in the language and disposition of Junie B. I found myself editing quite a lot of the book and thinking, “this author must not have children.” So we quit reading after book 2. I prefer to read her books that feature characters who set a good example of behavior and character.
Keri says
Some fabulous books here but how is The Giver on the same list as Junie B. Jones and Magic Treehouse. That has to be a mistake! The Giver is an incredible book but certainly not for 2 and 3rd graders. This book deals with babies being aborted for goodness sake. This is much more suited for the reader of The Book Thief age group.
Debora says
When my son was small, we loved all things Dr. Seuss, and we later gravitated to anything written by an author named Bill Peet. His style was somewhat similar to Seuss, but a little more adventurous. We loved his books!
Barblibrarian says
Good list, but does not include a very large portion of children’s classics. Why own them, though? This is a very large financial outlay. Why not head to your library and you will find all of them there. And, as I tell my library patrons: Library books are not free, they are prepaid. Use the library. You have already paid for it.
bernadette says
Great lists of books. And I agree wholeheartedly with the Junie B Jones books. My girls and I read them together over and over when they were younger and laughed until we cried every time. To say they are poor examples of grammar and behavior clearly misses the mark.
Paulette says
This is a wonderfully put together list of great reads.
If I might make a suggestion I’d have to add Angela’s Ashes.
Again, thanks for taking the time to put this list together.
Silver says
In addition to the If You Give series, Sarah Stewart books are a great addition to the kids’ picture books collection. They have beautiful illustrations and also a message to young girls.
Kristen says
Harold and the Purple Crayon…one of the best children’s books.
Jules says
Great list. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith is one of my all time favorite books but I’m not sure it fits in the YA category. I would probably place it in the adult classics category. It also has one suggestive scene. While it is done appropriately but it would be snit much for young readers.
Shari L. Creech says
No one should grow up without experiencing the world of Beverly Cleary -and there are many books that she has written -all just wonderful! Other specific books: “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” by Barbara Robinson and the sequel,. “How to Eat Fried Worms” and “How to Fight a Girl” by Thomas Rockwell,. “”A Day No Pigs Would Die” Robert Newton Peck, “The story of the Von Trapp Family Singers” by Maria A. Von Trapp, “Diary of Anne Frank”, All poetry books by Mattie J. T. Stepanek. I definitely agree about Tuesdays with Morrie and would also add “Morrie In His Own Words”, I give you 5 stars for remembering “The Hiding Place” and for also keeping Pausch’s “The Last Lecture” fresh in everyone’s mind. “Who Moved my Cheese” is also always relevant. My other personal favorite is Blueberries for Sal and the ‘What’s Heaven?” by Maria Shriver. Oh the one I forgot was Jessie or Jessica mentioned the “Monster at the end of this book” -A Sesame Street Golden
Book -a brilliant one I might add there is also “another Monster at the end of this book”. Happy Reading!
Shannon says
I was kind of upset till I spotted A Wrinkle In Time at the bottom 😀 that book truly made me a reader, and to this day its still my all time favorite book. My first copy fell apart!
I’d like to add The Phantom Tollbooth to the list 🙂
Pete Cahan says
If you are reading/teaching 1984 by George Orwell, be sure to not to miss Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Suzy Walker says
Nicolette, This is a wonderful post. I love to read and already have many of these books in my collection. I have a sister that lives in New Plymouth, ID. She runs the library there. So books are in our blood. Thanks for a few new ideas of books to read for me and my 4 kids. –Suzy
Josalyn says
The Mortal Instruments series needs an asterisk next to it. The first one is okay, but the next several have some pretty adult scenes in them, including some gay love scenes and incest and rape scenes. Pretty dark stuff.
KirbyLue says
Yup, I second this. First one is great. Then they start to get a little sketchy.
jean says
If you have read and enjoyed Sarah’s Key, The Kite Runner, A Thousand Spendid Suns and Night you will absolutely enjoy my all time fav. books: A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry) La Prisonniere (Malika Oufkir based on her life) and Not Without My Daughter ( Betty Mahoonmy) I guarantee that you will not be able to put them down.
tina says
Hope For The Flowers…. ALL TIME FAVORITE …for every age. Wish it was on a required reading list. Its about becoming the butterfly that is inside each one of us…not striving to attain some “ideal” lifestyle that forces us to step on each other on the way up and in the end was just an illusion. And speaking of illusion …anything by Richard Bach is great…love to re-read Jonathan Livingston Seagull every now and again. 2nd favorite…Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Just my thoughts
Rachel says
Awesome list. So glad someone is recognizing Poison Study. The Study Series are my absolute favorite books. I might add The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. But this was an great list.
Eleanor says
I’d recommend a book by the name of ‘The story of the Sahara’ or 撒哈拉的故事 by Echo/Sanmao. It’s a very well written one. It is about the author, Echo’s life with her husband in western Sahara in the mid-late 1900s. It’s rather insightful too. (There is a certain prose, that may or may not be in the book according to which edition you are reading, that is about the politics in that area then. The author was friends with the wife and the brother of the leader of a certain group which wanted independence.)Unfortunately, I’m not sure if the English version is accessible to most. It’s definitely great for those learning Chinese though since the sentences are not too complex.
Eleanor says
And the Arabian Nights too! That’s definitely a great book.