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Give us your all-time favorites. Make it your personal 'Stuck on a Desert Island' sort of book list.

(Add your faves here at the top, so all our lists go down the page newest to oldest)
Junebug, Washington:
  1. Spiderwick 1-5
  2. Harry Potter 1-7
  3. Mouse and the moutercycle
  4. Gregor the overlander 1-5
  5. Snarf attack
  6. Dragon ring
  7. magic tree house
  8. Judy moody
  9. Fairy Realm
  10. Heather the Violet Fairy

KingMan, Tacoma
  1. Gunslinger by Stephen King
  2. The Shining by Stephen King
  3. Cujo by Stephen King
  4. Four Past Midnight by Stephen King (especially "The Langoliers" story)
  5. Pet Semetary by Stephen King
  6. It by Stephen King
  7. Salem's Lot by Stephen King
  8. Insomnia by Stephen King
  9. Misery by Stephen King
  10. I'll leave the 10th spot open for all the other authors of the world

BookGirl, South Hill
(Not necessarily top favorites, rather each of these has something quirky, funny or unique enough that the story has stayed with me, or I am willing to recommend it. In no particular order. P.S. Only 10 is too short a list!)
  1. Cordelia Underwood, or, The marvelous beginnings of the Moosepath League; by Van Reid -fiction.
  2. Murder on the Iditarod Trail; by Sue Henry - mystery fiction.
  3. I am Jackie Chan: My life in action; Long Cheng - autobiography of Jackie Chan (aka Long Cheng)
  4. Polar Dream; by Helen Thayer - non-fiction, north pole adventure memoir
  5. Power of One; by Bryce Courtenay - fiction
  6. Ender's Game; by Orson Scott Card - junior science fiction
  7. Angel in the whirlwind : the triumph of the American Revolution; by Benson Bobrick - non-fiction, history.
  8. Illiad; Homer - classic literature.
  9. Find the Constellations; by Hans Augusto (H.A.) Rey (of Curious George fame) - astronomy textbook which is accessible by all ages.
  10. The Orchid Thief; by Susan Orleans - fiction