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Books to Read: Top 25 List



Books to Read: Top 25 List

By Veronica Mkhsi-Gevorkian



I have been a bookworm most of my life. It began with a book series which changed my perspective of reading. Here are 25 books/series that I have enjoyed reading. There is a drive in me to always top the number of books I read and to never judge a book by its title or cover.


Harry Potter Series By JK Rowling

Narnia Series By CS Lewis

Diary Of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan

Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

The Outsiders By SE Hinton

Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

Ordinary People by Judith Guest

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Complete collection of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson

The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Original Screenplay) by JK Rowling

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah [Characters originally by Agatha Christie]

The Road From Home: The Story of an Armenian Girl by David Kherdian

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Grimm Brothers Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Andersen Tales


Challenges such as the “Rory Gilmore Book Challenge” and similar types of book lists have been going around. From the television series, Gilmore Girls, one of the main characters Rory Gilmore reads a large amount of books throughout the 7 season series. There was a book challenge based off that series. There are other book challenges online based on your favorite genre, author, horoscopes, seasons or even months. There are many book clubs that you can join. Reese Witherspoon has a book club on Instagram where she shows her inner bookworm and shares it to her fans. Emma Watson has her own book club as well called “Our Shared Shelf” where she shares her favorite books and feminist books in particular on Instagram. Other celebrities such as Emma Roberts, Florence Welch, Lena Dunham, Sarah Jessica Parker, Mindy Kaling, and many more, also have their own book clubs. There are also book clubs organized by authors. JK Rowling in particular has the Pottermore Book Club where a Potterhead can join and read/speak about the Harry Potter books/Series. You can also create their own book challenge by putting numerous book that they fancy on a sheet of paper to keep track of it. Challenge yourself. Push yourself and show the inner Rory Gilmore or Hermione Granger that you have developed to the world.

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