Lewis Carroll
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; and Through the Looking Glass
(my particular favorite is the book-on-tape version, read by Michael Page)Pearl Cleage
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary DayPam Crooks
Hannah’s Vowt.s. eliot
Old Possum’s Book of Practical CatsLaura Esquivel
Like Water for ChocolateGabriel Garcia Marquez
One Hundred Years of SolitudeHermann Hesse
SiddharthaBarbara Kingsolver
The Poisonwood BibleJo Ann Mapson
Hank & Chloe
Loving ChloeAnchee Min
Becoming Madame MaoToni Morrison
BelovedJudith Merkle Riley
The Serpent Garden
Master of All Desires
In Pursuit of the Green LionJudy Reene Singer
HorseplayLinda Lay Shuler
She Who Remembers
Voice of the Eagle
Let the Drum SpeakAmy Tan
The Bonesetter’s DaughterAgnes Smedley
Daughter of the EarthRebecca Wells
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Verna Aardema
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
(the version with audiotape)Barbara Cooney
Miss RumphiusCrockett Johnson
Harold and the Purple CrayonJudith Viorst
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad DayMo Willems
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Pigeon Finds a Hot DogCharlotte Zolotow
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present
Dan Brown
The Da Vinci CodePearl Cleage
Some Things I Never Thought I’d DoKaye Gibbons
A Virtuous WomanSally Mandel
Heart and SoulYann Martel
Life of PiAnchee Min
Empress OrchidCarson McCullers
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter