30 books at 30

In honor of my upcoming birthday, here are 30 books (and series) that got me to 30. These are in no particular order; they’re favorites, loved ones, re-readables, and more.*

1. the Harry Potter series
2. Bridget Jones’s Diary series
3. the Outlander series
4. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
5. The China Garden by Liz Berry
6. Persuasion by Jane Austen
7. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
8. Beauty by Robin McKinley
9. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
10. The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
11. The Julia Grey series by Deanna Raybourn
12. Atonement by Ian McEwan
13. Tithe by Holly Black
14. The mill on the floss by George Eliot
15. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
16. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
17. Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
18. Fire by Kristin Cashore
19. Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
20. Gone with the wind by Margaret Mitchell
21. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
22. The Princess Diaries series
23. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
24. Angus, Thongs, and Full-frontal snogging by Louise Rennison
25. the Talking to Dragons series by Patricia Wrede
26. the Song of Ice and Fire series
27. the Miss Marple books
28. The Garden by Elsie V. Aidinoff
29. Shakespeare’s Love’s Labours Lost
30. Little House on the Prairie: the Rose years by Roger Lea MacBride

*this came about because the boy demanded a list of my favorites for some secret reason.