"If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy,
we seek after these things."
(Articles of Faith 13)
I'm including a list of some of my favorite books, all of which are clean, wholesome, interesting, entertaining, and uplifting in nature. There is a list for children, youth, and adults. (This is a work in progress; periodic updates will be made.)
ADULT FICTION:
A Fine Romance by Susan Branch
A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
A Room With a View by E.M. Forster
At Home in Mitford series by Jan Karon
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth Von Arnim
Emma by Jane Austen
Enchanted April, The by Elizabeth Von Arnim
Good-bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton
Great Divorce, The by C.S.Lewis
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay by Cornelia Otis Skinner and Emily Kimbrough
Harvester, The by Gene Stratton-Porter
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Keeper of the Bees, The by Gene Stratton-Porter
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by R.D. Blackmore
Lost Horizon by James Hilton
Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Sanditon by Jane Austen and "Another Lady"
Scarlet Pimpernel, The by Baroness Emma Orczy
Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë by Syrie James
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Solitary Summer, The by Elizabeth Von Arnim
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
ADULT NON-FICTION:
1776 by David McCullough
Anatomy of Peace, The by The Arbinger Institute
Bonds That Make Us Free by The Arbinger Institute
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctutation by Lynne Truss
Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel
Hiding Place, The by Corrie ten Boom
Learning in the Light of Faith by Henry B. Eyring
Leadership and Self-Deception by The Arbinger Institute
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Salt by Mark Kurlansky
Seven Miracles That Saved America by Chris Stewart and Ted Stewart
Universe and the Teacup, The by K.C.Cole
ADULT FAITH & INSPIRATIONAL:
Christmas Jars by Jason F. Wright
Confronting the Myth of Self-Esteem by Ester Rasband
Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
God Who Weeps, The by Terrel L. and Fiona Givens
Joan of Arc by Mark Twain
Peacegiver, The by James L. Ferrell
Your Happily Ever After by Dieter F. Uchtdorf
YOUTH:
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Ben Franklin and the Chamber of Time by Chris Heimerdinger
Chronicles of Narnia, The (series) by C.S. Lewis
Extra-Ordinary Life of Richie Becker, The by Erik Barrett
Mother Carey's Chickens by Kate Douglas Wiggins
Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites (series) by Chris Heimerdinger
CHILDREN PICTURE BOOKS:
All The Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan
Art Lesson, The by Tomie dePaola
Charlie Cook's Favorite Book by Julia Donaldson
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why Commas Really Do Make a Difference by Lynne Truss
I Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola
The Girl's Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can't Manage Without Apostrophes by Lynne Truss
Weslandia by Paul Fleischman
CHILDREN CHAPTER BOOKS:
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Courage of Sarah Noble, The by Alice Dalgliesh
Little House, Theseries by Laura Ingles Wilder
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Secret Garden, The by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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