the thursday thirty, issue five.

i'm such a bookworm. it's been a trait of mine since before i even truly learned how to read, when i decided to carry around a 99 cent dictionary everywhere i possibly could - never mind if i could actually pronounce any of the words it contained. i hope my love for prose never ceases, and in honor of that, here are 30 of my favorite books.

• anne of green gables // lucy maud montgomery
• rachel's tears // beth nimmo & darrell scott
• my utmost for His highest // oswald chambers
• a long way gone // ishmael beah
• the pillars of the earth // ken follett
• the green book // elizabeth rogers & tom kostiken
• the challenge of missions // oswald j. smith
• walking on water // madeline l'engle
• the sisterhood of the traveling pants series // anne brashares [don't judge me...]
• the other boleyn girl // philippa gregory
• breaking free // beth more
• to kill a mockingbird // harper lee
• the canterbury tales // geoffrey chaucer
• the historian // elizabeth kostova
• the kite runner // khaled hosseini
• velvet elvis // rob bell
• the poisonwood bible // barbara kingsolver
• abundance // sena jeter naslund
• prisoners of hope // dana curry & heather mercer
• kingdom ethics // glen stassen & david gushee
• blue highways // william least heat-moon
• cold mountain // charles frazier
• divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood // rebecca wells
• love you forever // robert munsch [who said children's books couldn't be on the list? :D]
• authentic beauty // leslie ludy
• four souls // matt kronberg, jedd medefind, mike peterson, & trey sklar
• the diary of anne frank
• she said yes // misty bernall
• the daily round [this devotional from the 1800's is one of my favorite flea market finds.]
• the mates, dates, and inflatable bras series // cathy hopkins [mmhmm.]

any of these look familiar? what's your favorite book?