Some of my favorite…

Novels:
Berlinski, Mischa   Fieldwork
Chesterton, G.K. The Man Who Was Thursday
Chopin, Kate    The Awakening
Hazzard, Shirley   The Great Fire
Hill, Ingrid   Ursula, Under
Hobbs, Peter The Short Day Dying
Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner
Levin, Janna   A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines
Murdoch, Iris The Bell
Paton, Alan Too Late the Phalarope
Potok, Chaim My Name is Asher Lev
Russell, Mary Doria The Sparrow
Wharton, Edith Ethan Frome

Short Stories:
Chesterton, G.K.    Father Brown Mysteries
Chopin, Kate    ”The Story of an Hour,” “Desiree’s Baby”
de Maupassant, Guy    ”The Diamond Necklace”
Edwards, Kim   “A Gleaming in the Darkness” and “Spring, Mountain, Sea” in The Secrets of a Fire King 
Lahiri, Jhumpa   “A Temporary Matter” and “Mrs. Sen’s” in Interpreter of Maladies
Melville, Herman  ”Bartleby, the Scrivener”
O’Connor, Flannery — all of them!—  The Complete Stories   
Twain, Mark    ”The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”
Welty, Eudora  ”A Worn Path”

Biographies:
Isaacson, Walter   Einstein:  His Life and Universe
Kelly, J.N.D. Jerome: His Life, Writings, and Controversies (out of print)
MacCulloch, Diarmaid Thomas Cranmer: A Life
Wolff, Christoph Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician

Memoirs:
Braestrup, Kate   Here if You Need Me
Didion, Joan The Year of Magical Thinking
Graham, Katharine Personal History
Sweeney, Jon   Born Again and Again: Surprising Gifts of a Fundamentalist Childhood
Winner, Lauren Girl Meets God

Writers on writing:
L’Engle, Madeleine Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
O’Connor, Flannery Mystery and Manners
Rilke, Rainer Maria Letters to a Young Poet
Welty, Eudora On Writing

Children’s books:
DiCamillo, Kate The Tale of Despereaux
Flack, Marjorie The Story About Ping
Grahame, Kenneth The Wind in the Willows
L’Engle, Madeleine The Other Dog
McCloskey, Robert Blueberries for Sal
Spires, Elizabeth The Mouse of Amherst
Zacharias, Ravi The Broken Promise

Resources for writers
“Tips for Successful Book Reviewing” from the National Book Critics’ Circle
Poets & Writers magazine: articles plus databases of lit mags, writing contests, and industry jobs
Writer’s Market: subscribe for access to listings, track your manuscript submissions, and more

Other resources
Everyman’s Library: collectible editions of classic and contemporary works
BookMooch: trade books with other voracious readers
DailyLit: get daily installments of classic and contemporary works delivered straight to your inbox

Non-literary organizations/causes I support:
Compassion International
Christians for Biblical Equality
Feminists for Life
Free the Slaves
National Down Syndrome Congress