I am getting tired of my own complaining, so I decided to post something positive. Here is a list, not definative, not exhaustive, just a list of great books that everyone should read. Because I said so.

• Animal Farm – George Orwell
• Anthem – Ayn Rand
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn – Betty Smith
• High Fidelity – Nick Hornby
• To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
• All Creatures Great and Small – James Herriot
• My Antonia – Willa Cather
• Night – Eli Weisel
• Diary of a Young Girl – Anne Frank
• Secret of NIHM (also known as Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIHM) – Robert C. O’Brien
• Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York – Gail Parent
• The Wish List – Eoin Colfer