A catalog of quality books/movies/music/blogs, recommended by yours truly.
// BOOKS //
— FICTION —
General Fiction:
Little Women ~ Louisa May Alcott
The Lord of the Rings ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
Pride and Prejudice ~ Jane Austen
All the Light We Cannot See ~ Anthony Doerr
Cry, the Beloved Country ~ Alan Paton
The Count of Monte Cristo ~ Alexandre Dumas
Stepping Heavenward ~ Elizabeth Prentiss
To Kill a Mockingbird ~ Harper Lee
At the Back of the North Wind ~ George MacDonald
The Woodcutter ~ Kate Danley
Ishmael & Self-Raised ~ E.D.E.N. Southworth
They Loved to Laugh ~ Kathryn Worth
Anne of Green Gables (series) ~ L.M. Montgomery
The Way of Kings ~ Brandon Sanderson
Wives and Daughters ~ Elizabeth Gaskell
An Old-Fashioned Girl ~ Louisa May Alcott
A Monster Calls ~ Patrick Ness
The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Hard Times ~ Charles Dickens
The Nightingale ~ Kristin Hannah
Victory on the Walls ~ Frieda Clark Hyman
A Portrait of Emily Price ~ Katherine Reay
Young Adult:
The Blue Sword ~ Robin McKinley
Deeplight ~ Frances Hardinge
Dust ~ Kara Swanson
Romanov ~ Nadine Brandes
Fawkes ~ Nadine Brandes
A Winter’s Promise ~ Christelle Dabos
The Perilous Gard ~ Elizabeth Marie Pope
Falcon in the Glass ~ Susan Fletcher
Ella Enchanted ~ Gail Carson Levine
The Silence of Bones ~ June Hur
The Enchanted Sonata ~ Heather Dixon Wallwork
Mara, Daughter of the Nile ~ Eloise Jarvis McGraw
The Giver ~ Lois Lowry
For Whom the Sun Sings ~ W.A. Fulkerson
A Wrinkle in Time ~ Madeleine L’Engle
Airman ~ Eoin Colfer
Howl’s Moving Castle ~ Diana Wynne Jones
Beauty ~ Robin McKinley
Across Five Aprils ~ Irene Hunt
The Bronze Bow ~ Elizabeth George Speare
The Witch of Blackbird Pond ~ Elizabeth George Speare
Children’s Literature:
The Reb and the Redcoat ~ Constance Savory
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles ~ Julie Andrews Edwards
Because of Winn-Dixie ~ Kate DiCamillo
Charlotte’s Web ~ E.B. White
The Trumpet of the Swan ~ E.B. White
The Tanglewoods’ Secret ~ Patricia St. John
Betsy-Tacy series ~ Maud Hart Lovelace
Heidi ~ Johanna Spyri
Red Falcons of Tremoine ~ Hendry Peart
Misty of Chincoteague ~ Marguerite Henry
Wonderstruck ~ Brian Selznick
Johnny Tremain ~ Esther Forbes
Joshua’s Song ~ Joan Hiatt Harlow
Calico Bush ~ Rachel Field
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (series) ~ Mildred Taylor
Winnie-the-Pooh ~ A.A. Milne
Love That Dog ~ Sharon Creech
Tuck Everlasting ~ Natalie Babbitt
— NONFICTION —
Christian:
Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life ~ Donald S. Whitney
The Whole Christ ~ Sinclair B. Ferguson
How Should We Then Live? ~ Frances Schaeffer
Knowing God ~ J.I. Packer
Humble Roots ~ Hannah Anderson
Future Grace ~ John Piper
Piercing Heaven: Prayers of the Puritans ~ edited by Robert Elmer
Assured ~ Greg Gilbert
7 Myths About Singleness ~ Sam Allberry
Death by Living ~ N.D. Wilson
Adorning the Dark ~ Andrew Peterson
Living by the Book ~ Howard & William Hendricks
Walking with God Through Pain and Suffering ~ Timothy J. Keller
Taking God at His Word ~ Kevin DeYoung
The Knowledge of the Holy ~ A.W. Tozer
Cultural Apologetics ~ Paul M. Gould
The Gospel’s Power and Message ~ Paul Washer
Jesus Christ Our Lord ~ John Walvoord
Trusting God ~ Jerry Bridges
Moody Handbook of Theology ~ Paul Enns
Art and the Bible ~ Francis A. Schaeffer
The Religious Affections ~ Jonathan Edwards
The Expulsive Power of a New Affection ~ Thomas Chalmers
Respectable Sins ~ Jerry Bridges
The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness ~ Timothy J. Keller
Think Again: Relief from the Burden of Introspection ~ Jared Mellinger
Women of the Word ~ Jen Wilkin
Anticipating the Advent ~ William Varner
Sharpening the Focus of the Church ~ Gene Getz
Spiritual Leadership ~ J. Oswald Sanders
Men and Women in the Church ~ Kevin DeYoung
Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus ~ Lois Tverberg
The Cross Centered Life ~ C. J. Mahaney
Spurgeon’s Sorrows: Realistic Hope for Those Who Suffer from Depression ~ Zack Eswine
A Gospel Primer ~ Milton Vincent
Mapping Apologetics ~ Brian K. Morley
Notes from the Tilt-A-Whil ~ N. D. Wilson
The Hour That Changes the World ~ Dick Eastman
Missions ~ Andy Johnson
Humility: the Joy of Self-Forgetfulness ~ Gavin Ortlund
When People are Big and God is Small ~ Ed Welch
The Gospel Comes with a House Key ~ Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
Biography/Memoir/History:
What is a Girl Worth? ~ Rachael Denhollander
For the Glory: Eric Liddell ~ Duncan Hamilton
Born Again ~ Charles W. Colson
The Hiding Place ~ Corrie ten Boom
Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus ~ Nabeel Qureshi
Hillbilly Elegy ~ J.D. Vance
Riley Unlikely ~ Riley Banks-Snyder
Drawing from Memory ~ Allen Say
Victory in the Pacific ~ Albert Marrin
The Airman’s War ~ Albert Marrin
The Miracle of Dunkirk ~ Walter Lord
Spurgeon: A New Biography ~ Arnold A. Dallimore
Perfectly Human: Nine Months with Cerian ~ Sarah Williams
Becoming Free Indeed ~ Jinger Duggar Vuolo
General Nonfiction:
Made to Stick ~ Chip & Dan Heath
They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing ~ Gerald Graff
Reforming Journalism ~ Marvin Olasky
Do More Better: A Practical Guide to Productivity ~ Tim Challies
On Writing Well ~ William Zinsser
Teaching to Change Lives ~ Howard G. Hendricks
The Seven Laws of Teaching ~ John Milton Gregory
Poetry:
On the Horizon ~ Lois Lowry
Cathedral ~ Maya Joelle
Poetry of Willian Wordsworth
Poetry of Robert Frost
Waiting Spaces ~ Acacia Mitchell
// FILMS //
— ANIMATED —
Disney/Pixar-ish:
Ratatouille // Up // The Adventures of Tintin // Finding Nemo
Ghibli/Anime:
My Neighbor Totoro // Kiki’s Delivery Service // Castle in the Sky // Howl’s Moving Castle // From Up on Poppy Hill // The Wind Rises // In This Corner of the World
— LIVE-ACTION —
Little Women (1994) // Pride and Prejudice (1995) // The Barchester Chronicles // North and South // Hugo // The Book Thief // Dunkirk // This Beautiful Fantastic // Amazing Grace // Christopher Robin // Gods and Generals // The Chronicles of Narnia // A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood // Rogue One // Wives and Daughters // Cranford // The Lord of the Rings // The Hundred-Foot Journey // Godzilla Minus One // Chariots of Fire // Miss Potter
// BLOGS //
Tim Challies (Challies.com)
Evelyn (The Rain-Drenched Writer)
Emma Starr (Seven Billion Smiles)
R.M. Archer (Scribes and Archers)
Edna Pellen (Bleeding Ink & Breathing Worlds)
Maya Joelle (When Through the Woods)
Noelle Rose (A Rose for the Lord)
Grace A. Johnson (Of Blades and Thorns)
Bethany J. Melton (Bethany J’s Journal)
S.J. Barnard (少数派)
Jana T. (Reviews from the Stacks)
Rachel Svendsen (R.C. Svendsen)
// MUSIC //
— ARTISTS/COMPOSERS —
Classical + Soundtracks:
Claude Debussy // Johann Sebastian Bach // Edvard Grieg // Antonín Dvořák // Aaron Copland // George Gershwin // John Williams // Hans Zimmer // Michael Giacchino // Thomas Newman // Joe Hisaishi
Worship:
Beautiful Eulogy // Kings Kaleidoscope // Josh Garrels // City Alight // Sovereign Grace // Shane & Shane // Andrew Peterson // The Sing Team // Keith and Kristyn Getty // Fernando Ortega // Ghost Ship // Psallos // Rivers and Robots/Jonathan Ogden
Others:
The Arcadian Wild // The Gray Havens // The Oh Hellos // The Brilliance // Sleeping At Last // Leon Bridges // Coldplay // Imagine Dragons // Sarah Sparks // Benjamin Daniel // Zane Vickery
Instrumental:
Emil Pandolfi // Kíla // Stephan Moccio // Shinya Kiyozuka // Phil Keaggy
— MUSIC —
Favorite albums:
Zeal (Kings Kaleidoscope)
Worthy (Beautiful Eulogy)
Ghost of a King (The Gray Havens)
Principium (The Arcadian Wild)
Welcome (The Arcadian Wild)
The Joy of Being (Citizens)
Beyond Nature (Phil Keaggy)
Corduroy Road (Adam Young)
The Shadow of Your Wings (Fernando Ortega)
Resurrection Letters (Andrew Peterson)
The Burning Edge of Dawn (Andrew Peterson)
Philippians (Psallos)
Christ Our Hope (DOXOLOGY)
Persona (Half Alive)
The Rain Falls Sideways (Benjamin Daniel)
Rest (The Gray Havens)
Love & War & the Sea in Between (Josh Garrels)
Favorite pieces:
Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade
Bach’s cello suites
Camille Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre
Debussy’s Danse
Gershwin’s piano concerto in F
John William’s Theme from Schindler’s List
Copland’s Appalachian Spring
John Rutter’s Requiem
Grief’s Notturno
Beethoven’s Pathetique Sonata
Bach’s Partita in B flat major
Maurice Ravel’s Sonatine
Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in G
Kiyozuka’s 春よ, 来い (Haruyo, Koi)
Film scores:
Hugo // Finding Nemo // The Book Thief // Interstellar // The Return of the King // Little Women (1994) // The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe // Prince Caspian // Pride and Prejudice (2005) // Ratatouille // Up // Star Wars // Batman Begins // The Hundred-Foot Journey // The Secret of Kells // Twisters (2024)
Any recommendations that you think I should check out? Don’t hesitate to drop a suggestion through the Post Office—maybe you’ll find it on your next browse through The Library!
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