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• Homeland
• R.A. Salvatore

• “The first fifty pages of the Dark Elf Trilogy have enough swordplay and plot twists to make you gasp.”

• The Tin Woodman of Oz
• L. Frank Baum

• “All the Oz books, actually. But I liked the Tin Woodsman the most, so this is the book I’m listing. Let’s not psychoanalyze.”

• The Belgariad
• David Eddings

• Also, The Mallorean. “When I was the new kid in school, the characters in these books were my buds. Funny, courageous, and there’s 1000 pages worth of them.”

• The Princess Bride
• William Goldman

• “Funny and clever and full of heart.”

• Dragonlance: Chronicles and Legends

• by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman. “I started with the computer game and then turned to the books. Lots of gods and glowy magic and giant spiders rearing in pain! Awesome.”

Mo Willems

• The Complete Peanuts
• Charles M. Schulz

• The gold standard of comic strips. Fun for everyone; except Charlie Brown, who seems a little down on his luck.

• George and Martha: The Complete Stories of Two Best Friends Collector’s Edition
• James Marshall

• Lessons learned include: just because you've got a best friend doesn't mean you have to pour pea soup in your shoes. I try to re-read this before I start making new book.

• The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
• Bill Watterson

• When Hobbes is wise, Calvin is a stinker. When Hobbes is hungry, Calvin is in trouble.

• Go, Dog, Go!
• Philip D. Eastman

• A dog party in a tree? Wait for me, I’ve got to get my hat!

• Cul De Sac, This Exit

• The best comic strip you've never heard of. Alice and her family walk in the footsteps of Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes, only sideways.

• Children at Play, A Cul-de-Sac Collection

Michael Northrop

• Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
• Ben Macintyre

• "Fantastic World War II nonfiction: a high-stakes British spy thriller that just happens to be true."

• Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
• Stephan Pastis

• "Hilarious, endearing, and includes a polar bear - what more do you want? This book made me wish I could draw (or at least doodle really well)."

• Tales of H.P. Lovecraft
• H.P. Lovecraft

• "Lovecraft's stories are profoundly weird, insanely good, and they changed horror writing forever, and for the better (which is to say, weirder)."

• Rumble Fish
• S.E. Hinton

• "A short, tough book that hits hard and leaves a mark. Not as famous as The Outsiders, but it had just as big of an impact on me. It was the first novel I reread when I decided to write YA."

   

• A Separate Peace
• John Knowles

• "Darn near perfect: a little masterpiece that quietly tackles the big questions."

Bruce Hale

• Exciting, funny, and occasionally gross. What more could you want?

• The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games, Book 1

• Intense stuff — reality TV taken to the extreme — but I couldn't put it down.

• The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian

• Funny, touching, and fascinating — plus it has excellent cartoons.

• Out from Boneville, Boneville Series, #1

• Love the drawings, love the characters, love the stories.

• Whales On Stilts

• Straight-out wacky, hilarious stuff.

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

• Where The Wild Things Are

• Three words: "The Wild Rumpus!" It doesn't get much better than that!

• James and the Giant Peach

• This book has everything — adventure, bugs . . . and a giant peach!

• The Mouse and the Motorcycle

• When I was a kid, I wished that I had a mouse who could ride a motorcycle. And now that I'm a grown-up, I still do!

• The Chocolate Touch

• I’m a huge chocolate fan, but this book sure made me think twice about what I wished for!

• The Celery Stalks at Midnight, Bunnicula

• A cute bunny that sucks vegetables dry? Yikes! These books kept me at the edge of my seat.

• Fudge-a-mania

• Start with a Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and read all the way through the books until you get to Double Fudge. These books are hysterical and relatable!