**A more up-to-date version of this list is now on my author website: www.paula-weston.com
Here are my all time favourite novels, linked to my reviews where they exist. They’re either books I loved, or books that changed me in some way.
I figured a list like this would make me narrow down my recommendations. It’s a living list, and will change as I make new discoveries …
I really can’t rank them, so these are alphabetised by title (which should keep my library friends happy.)
General fiction
- Bad Debts – Peter Temple
- How I Live Now – Meg Rosoff
- Jasper Jones – Craig Silvey
- Life of Pi – Yann Martel
- Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Casey
- Ranson – David Malouf
- Saving Francesca – Melina Marchetta
- The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
- The Patron Saint of Eels – Gregory Day
- The Road – Cormac McCarthy
- The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro
- To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
- Truth – Peter Temple
Genre (OK, let’s just call it fantasy…)
- Captivate – Carrie Jones
- Forever – Maggie Stiefvater
- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince – JK Rowling
- Hourglass – Claudia Gray
- Hush Hush – Becca Fitzpatrick
- Linger – Maggie Stiefvater
- Shiver – Maggie Stiefvater
- The Arrival – Sean Tan
- The Belgariad (series) – David Eddings
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms – NK Jemisin
- The Lord of the Rings – Peter Jackson
- The Reformed Vampire Support Group – Catherine Jinks
- The Way of Shadows – Brett Weeks
- Twilight – Stephenie Meyer (yes, it’s true… first novel is definitely the pick of the lot for me)
- Vampire Academy – Richelle Mead
