Gailcat's Book List

Fiction by Women

• Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady by Florence King
• Emma by Jane Austen
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
• Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
• The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
• The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
• Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler
• Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
• Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
• Wish You Were Here by Rita Mae Brown
• Rest In Pieces by Rita Mae Brown
• Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg
• The First Wives Club by Olivia Goldsmith
• The Little Foxes a play by Lillian Hellman
• Moonlight Becomes You by Mary Higgins Clark
• A Cry in the Night by Mary Higgins Clark
• Venus Envy by Rita Mae Brown
• New Orleans Mourning by Julie Smith

Fiction by Men

• Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut
• Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins
• Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins
• Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins
• Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman
• Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman
• Banker by Dick Francis
• The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
• I, Claudius by Robert Graves
• The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
• Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
• Cider House Rules by John Irving
• The Thread That Runs So True by Jesse Stuart
• White Fang by Jack London
• The Chosen by Chaim Potok
• Davida's Harp by Chaim Potok
• My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
• Virgin and Martyr by Andrew M. Greeley
• Lord of the Dance by Andrew M. Greeley
• Shogun by James Clavell
• The Source by James Mitchner

Science Fiction/Fantasy/Futuristic

• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
• The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Watership Down by Richard Adams
• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
• Replay by Ken Grimwood
• Time and Again by Jack Finney
• The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
• Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
• The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip

Trilogies, Series and Mulitpart Works

• The Hitchhikers Trilogy by Douglas Adams
• The Dragonriders of Pern, etc by Anne McCaffery
• Those vampire books by Anne Rice
• The Honor Harrington books by David Weber
• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The "Little House" books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• The Riddle-Master of Hed, etc by Patricia A. McKillip
• The Blackie Ryan mysteries by Andrew M. Greeley
• All those Deryni books by Katherine Kurtz
• The Bertie and Jeeves books by P.G. Wodehouse

Younger Readers

• The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
• Little Women by Louisa Mae Alcott
• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
• National Velvet by Enid Bagnold
• The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
• Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry

Non-Fiction

• Southern Ladies and Gentlemen by Florence King
• First Ladies by Betty Boyd Caroli
• Nobel Prize Women in Science : Their Lives, Struggles and Momentous Discoveries by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
• Revolting Librarians edited by Celeste West, Elizabeth Katz, et al.
• Alternative Library Literature : A Biennial Anthology
• Marie Curie : A Life by Susan Quinn
• Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally
• Lost Moon : The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger
• Wasp, Where is Thy Sting? by Florence King
• Pentimento by Lillian Hellman
• The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
• Found Goddesses : Asphalta to Viscera by Morgan Grey

A Few Of My Very Favorite Authors

• Agatha Christie
• Lillian Jackson Braun
• Chaim Potok
• Anne Rice
• Jesse Stuart
• Tony Hillerman
• Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Anne Tyler
• John Irving
• Margaret Atwood
• Tom Robbins
• Andrew M. Greeley
• Larry O. Grand
• Jane Austen
• P.G. Wodehouse
• Mary Higgins Clark

Books About Collecting

Reference Books

• The Kentucky Encyclopedia by John E. Kleber, editor-in-chief
• Statistical Abstract of the United States published by U.S. Government Printing Office
• Europa World Year Book published by Europa Publications Limited
• Places Rated Almanac by David Savageau and Richard Boyer
• World Almanac and Book of Facts
• The American Heritage Dictionary

A Few of Sarah's Recommendations

• Venus Envy by Rita Mae Brown
• Six of One by Rita Mae Brown
• The Honor Harrington Series by David Weber
• I Will Fear No Evil by Robert Heinlein
• Flavor of the Month by Olivia Goldsmith
• Discworld Series by Terry Pratchet
• The Naria Series by C.S. Lewis
• Silicon Snake Oil by Clifford Stoll

James' Recommended Comic Books

• Kurt Busiek's Astro City
• John Byrne's Next Men
• Legion of Super-Heroes/Legionnaires
• Power of Shazam!
• Strangers in Paradise
• Ninja High School (up to #50)
• Wonder Woman
• Maison Ikkoku
• Generation X
• Savage Dragon

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