My 25 Favorite Books:

1. The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston LeRoux)
   
2. Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
   
3. Lord of the Rings (trilogy) (J.R.R. Tolkien)
   
4. The Scarlet Pimpernel (Baroness Orczy)
   
5. Herman the Brave Pig (Miriam Evangeline Mason)
   
6. To Kill a Mocking Bird (Harper Lee)
   
7. The Series of Unfortunate Events (series) (Lemony Snicket)
   
8. Anne of Green Gables (series) (L.M. Montgomery)
   
9. Banner in the Sky (James Ramsey Ullman)
   
10. And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
    
11. The Calico Captive (Elizabeth George Speare)
    
12. The Giver (Lois Lowry)
    
13. Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
    
14. The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
    
15. The Wheel of Time (series) (Robert Jordan)
    
16. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
    
17. The Arm of the Starfish (Madeleine L'Engle)
    
18. A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'Engle)
    
19. Ghosts I Have Been (Richard Peck)
    
20. Sideways Stories from Wayside School (Louis Sachar)
    
21. Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
    
22. Anthem (Ayn Rand)
    
23. A Little Princess (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
    
24. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
    
25. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)