I’ve been a voracious reader my entire life. I read anything and everything I got my hands on. Science fiction, realistic fiction, biographies, historical fiction, fantasy, classic literature, religious essays … I love reading and I love books. These are two reasons why I became an English teacher and why I became a writer.

Today I’m going to share with you some of the books I have. I’ve read many more than these, but here are some. To stay up to date with that I’m reading right now or see get other book recommendations, follow me on Goodreads! Oh, and my YouTube video that will come out tomorrow will be about  my absolute favorite ones from this list. Some of these books I acquired from family or friends, and some I bought for school. But if it made it to my bookshelf, it means that I didn’t want to get rid of it.

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Jane Austen’s Guide to Thrift: An Independent Woman’s Advice on Living within One’s Means / Change of Heart: A Novel (Wsp Readers Club) / Where the Heart Is (Oprah’s Book Club) / The Loves of Charles II: The Stuart Saga / Rediscover Catholicism / Treasure Island (Dover Thrift Editions) / United States Catholic Catechism for Adu / The Picture of Dorian Gray (Dover Thrift Editions) / Dracula (Dover Thrift Editions) / Black Cat and Other Stories, The, Penguin Readers (2nd Edition) / Stardust / Neverwhere: A Novel

Voyager (Outlander) / Falls the Shadow: A Novel / Anna Karenina (Modern Library Classics) / When Christ and His Saints Slept: A Novel / The Reckoning / Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys (Puffin Classics) / Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World / Vanishing Acts: A Novel / One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.) / Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (P.S.) / The Other Boleyn Girl / The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War (Civil War Trilogy) / Handle with Care: A Novel / Picture Perfect / The Tenth Circle: A Novel / A Catholic Dictionary / Making All Things New: An Invitation to the Spiritual Life / Mansfield Park: (Classics hardcover) (Clothbound Classics) / Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Book 1) / Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets / Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban / Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire / Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix / Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) / Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)

Atonement: A Novel / Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander) / An Echo in the Bone: A Novel (Outlander) / Drums of Autumn (Outlander) / Daughter of Fortune: A Novel / Gone with the Wind, 75th Anniversary Edition / A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander)

Outlander / Les Miserables [Abridged] Publisher: Fawcett; Abridged edition / The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems (Signet Classic Poetry Series) / The Secret Of The Rosary / The Canterbury Tales / The Brothers Karamazov (Bantam Classics) / Vanity Fair (Clothbound Classics) / Jane Eyre / The Scarlet Letter (Dover Thrift Editions) / P.S. You’re Not Listening (Signet)

The Queen’s Secret: A Novel (A Queens of England Novel) / Victoria Victorious: The Story of Queen Victoria / Emma / Mere Christianity / The Problem of Pain / “They Say / I Say”: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing (Third Edition) / Don Juan / Northanger Abbey / Persuasion /Sense and Sensibility (Collins Classics) / Faith Filled Classroom: Top 10 Ideas That Really Work

PS – This is nowhere near my full book collection. I have a sizable amount of books that are in my classroom library, in storage, and in other rooms of my apartment. I may have a small book hoarding problem.