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In every issue of Sonderbooks, I re-read and review one Old Favorite.
I've read each of these books at least once before and thoroughly enjoyed it. 

Nonfiction

****I'm a Stranger Here Myself, by Bill Bryson
****Winged Life, by Hannah Hurnaud
*****Life Among the Savages, by Shirley Jackson
*****Bird By Bird, by Anne Lamott
*****Walking on Water, by Madeleine L'Engle
*****A Circle of Quiet, by Madeleine L'Engle
****The Summer of the Great-Grandmother, by Madeleine L'Engle
****The Irrational Season, by Madeleine L'Engle
*****Glimpses of Grace, by Madeleine L'Engle, with Carole F. Chase
****Of Other Worlds, by C. S. Lewis.  Edited by Walter Hooper
*****Gift from the Sea, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
*****Discovering the Character of God, by George MacDonald
*****Knowing the Heart of God, by George MacDonald
*****Unspoken Sermons:  Series I, II, and III, by George MacDonald
****The Hope of the Gospel, by George MacDonald
****Wisdom To Live By, by George MacDonald
****The Mystery of Marriage, by Mike Mason
****Biblioholism:  The Literary Addiction, by Tom Raabe
****The Weekend Novelist, by Robert J. Ray
****Natural Energy, by Erika Schwartz, M.D. with Carol Colman
*****If You Want To Write, by Brenda Ueland

Fiction

*****Watership Down, by Richard Adams
*****Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
 ****Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen
*****Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
*****Caravan, by Dorothy Gilman
*****To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
*****The Great Divorce, by C. S. Lewis
****Till We Have Faces, by C. S. Lewis
****Out of the Silent Planet, by C. S. Lewis
****Perelandra, by C. S. Lewis
****That Hideous Strength, by C. S. Lewis
*****The Blue Castle, by L. M. Montgomery
*****The Great Impersonation, by E. Phillips Oppenheim
 *****The Scarlet Pimpernel, by Baroness Orczy
****The Elusive Pimpernel, by Baroness Orczy
****Davita's Harp, by Chaim Potok
*****The Hobbit and *****The Lord of the Rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien

Young Adult Fiction

*****The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi
****Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes
*****Quest for a Maid, by Frances Mary Hendry
*****Cart and Cwidder, by Diana Wynne Jones
****Drowned Ammet, by Diana Wynne Jones
*****The Spellcoats, by Diana Wynne Jones
*****The Crown of Dalemark, by Diana Wynne Jones
*****The Earthsea books, by Ursula K. LeGuin
*****Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine
 *****The Blue Sword, by Robin McKinley
*****Emily Climbs, by L. M. Montgomery
*****Emily's Quest, by L. M. Montgomery
*****Anne of the Island, by L. M. Montgomery
****Anne of Windy Poplars, by L. M. Montgomery 
****Anne's House of Dreams, by L. M. Montgomery
***Anne of Ingleside, by L. M. Montgomery
****Rilla of Ingleside, by L. M. Montgomery
****The Road to Yesterday, by L. M. Montgomery
****Thunderhead, by Mary O'Hara
****Pollyanna Grows Up, by Eleanor H. Porter
*****Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J. K. Rowling
****Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
*****The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner
*****The Queen of Attolia, by Megan Whalen Turner
*****Dealing With Dragons, by Patricia C. Wrede
*****Searching for Dragons, by Patricia C. Wrede
*****Calling on Dragons, by Patricia C. Wrede
*****Talking to Dragons, by Patricia C. Wrede
****Book of Enchantments, by Patricia C. Wrede

Children's Fiction

  ****The Arkadians, by Lloyd Alexander
****The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum
***The Mad Scientists' Club, by Bertrand R. Brinley
***The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club, by Bertrand R. Brinley
***The Boggart, by Susan Cooper
****The Boggart and the Monster, by Susan Cooper
****The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster, illustrations by Jules Feiffer
*****A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle
*****The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C. S. Lewis
*****Prince Caspian, by C. S. Lewis
*****The Voyage of The Dawn Treader, by C. S. Lewis
*****The Silver Chair, by C. S. Lewis
*****The Horse and His Boy, by C. S. Lewis
*****The Magician's Nephew, by C. S. Lewis
*****The Last Battle, by C. S. Lewis
*****Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne
*****Emily of New Moon, by L. M. Montgomery
*****Anne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery
****Anne of Avonlea, by L. M. Montgomery
****Rainbow Valley, by L. M. Montgomery
*****Little Britches, by Ralph Moody
****The Prince of the Pond, by Donna Jo Napoli
****Jimmy:  The Pickpocket of the Palace, by Donna Jo Napoli
****My Friend Flicka, by Mary O'Hara
****Pollyanna, by Eleanor H. Porter
*****Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J. K. Rowling
*****Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J. K. Rowling
*****Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by J. K. Rowling
****Heidi, by Johanna Spyri
*****The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien
****Smith of Wooton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham, by J. R. R. Tolkien

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