A Thousand Splendid Suns

By: Khaled Hosseini

Fiction

2007

Subject Matter: Families; Afghanistan

Rating: 5/5

Deep. Breath.

A Thousand Splendid Suns is heavy stuff.

I approached this one with a lot of skepticism.

Invisible Cities

By: Italo Calvino

Fiction

1972

Subject matter: Marco Polo; Kublai Khan

Rating: 5/5

Invisible Cities is incredible.

Just incredible.

I had no idea what to expect going into this novel, but what I got was something that rocked my world. I’ve never read anything quite like it.

The Catcher in the Rye

By: J. D. Salinger

Fiction

1945

Rating: 5/5

How have I never read The Catcher in the Rye before now?

I’m a little bitter that I missed out on this book for so long. I’m blown away by it.

Who hasn’t heard of The Catcher in the Rye? No one. It’s a huge classic, and for good reason. But somehow, I’ve never had a reason (or should I say opportunity?) to read it before now.

I’m so glad I did.

Eragon

By: Christopher Paolini

Inheritance Cycle Book 1

Fiction

2003

Subject Matter: Fantasy; Dragons

Rating: 5/5

Eragon is another one of my absolute favorites.

I distinctly remember reading this one for the first time. I was in 7th grade, and I absolutely loved it, so one of my friends let me borrow his copy of the second book in the series, which was all that was out at the time.

A Wrinkle in Time

By: Madeleine L’Engle

The Time Series Book 1

Fiction

1962

Rating: 5/5

I’m a little biased on this one: A Wrinkle in Time is one of my all-time favorites.

I read it as a child and didn’t really understand it, so I threw it in the back of my bookshelf and forgot about it until I found a reprint of the series that someone gave me. It’s beautiful and so fun, so I reread it.

And loved it.

So I reread it again. And again. And again.