Top Ten Books You would Classify as All Time Favorites from the Last Three Years

Thankfully I've been using Goodreads for about three years now so I'm actually keeping track of what I've read what year. Unfortunately, though, that won't help me with narrowing this list down to ten favorites. I have linked my reviews if I wrote one. So here we are in no particular order.

1. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger- I just read this book a couple months ago and it was an instant favorite. It's a different kind of book but I love it! :)
2. The Children of Húrin by J.R.R. Tolkien
3. Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther by Roland Bainton
4. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
5. Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
6. Wives and Daughters and North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
7. The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer
8. The History of the Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien- This books was fascinating for anyone who's a Tolkien geek (like me) or is interested in writing (like me). No wonder I loved it. ;)
9. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak- I actually prefer the movie but the book is also great. 
10. Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
11. Little Dorrit and Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Okay so in the end I couldn't choose just ten and I'm not really sorry. There has been a large number of incredible books I've read in these couple years and it didn't feel right to leave any of them out. 

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Certified Tolkien Geek

Yep! Certifiable! This past week I finished The History of the Lord of the Rings, which is all of the drafts and notes of JRR Tolkien for The Lord of the Rings compiled by his son Christopher Tolkien. When I returned them to the person I borrowed them from he told me that he thought that I could get the certificate of Tolkien geekdom now. So I'm taking it. While there's so much more I want to read and re-read from Tolkien I would say I've tipped into the certifiable geekdom realm. So I made myself a certificate and I am going to print it out and carry it around with me all the time so all shall know.

Lois Johnson, avid writer, tea drinker, and reader but first and foremost, avid Christian.