Young Writers Society

The Chronicles of Narnia -- C.S. Lewis
The Wind on Fire Trilogy -- William Nicholson
Cry of the Icemark -- Stuart Hill
The Edge Chronicles -- Paul Stewart/Chris Riddell
Mercedes Ice -- Philip Ridley
Scribbleboy -- Philip Ridley
Interview with a Vampire -- Anee Rice
The Thief Lord -- Cornelia Funke
Fingersmith -- Sarah Waters
The Twits -- Roald Dahl
Oliver Twist -- Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nockleby -- Charles Dickens
The World of Peter Rabbit -- Beautrix Potter
Polgara the Sorceress -- David and Leigh Eddings
The Redemption of Althalus -- David and Leigh Eddings
Sorceress of Darshiva -- David Eddings
Chainfire -- Terry Goodkind
Naked Empire -- Terry Goodkind
The Eagle and the Wolves -- Simon Scarrow

OMG,a list of my favourite books would go on for pages and pages, so i'll try and limit the list to my favourite favourites:
The Lord of the Rings" by Tolkien (3)
The Wars of light and Shadow by Janny Wurts (7)
The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan (12)
Tales of the Orami? by Liam hearn (3)
Bone dolls twin, Hidden Warrior by lynn flewelling
All the Eddings books (belgariad etc) (20 or so)
Harry Potter series J.K.Rowling (6)
Sword of Truth series Terry Goodkind (8 or so )
Ancient Future+following books by Traci harding (6)
Keys to the KingdomGarth Nix (currently 3)
City of Beasts, Kingdom of Golden Dragon, Forest of Pygmies by isabel Allende
Tomorrow series by John Marsden (9)
Treesong of Pellinor series by Alison Croggon
The Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan
The Rift War saga, The Serpent war saga, The Conclave of Shadows anything by Raymond.E.Feist
those are but a few of my fav's

A lot of fantasy and classics fans out there. Nice:-D. I like some things in those genres too, especially beauty and the beast retellings. like Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley - A classy retelling but maybe not so much 'classic.'

I read 'Great and Terrible Beauty' too, and enjoyed it, but the Historical fantasy books that I truely loved were A Colledge of Magics and it's semi-sequel Schollar of Magics by Caroline Stevermer, They were quirky and amusing and convincingly both historical and other-worldly. Can't remember all the specifics at the mo, I read them last spring...

I also love Sunshine by Robin McKinley, which might also be a retelling of beauty and the beast, but with vampires and baked goods. It's her most adult novel, and in my opinion, the best written.

My current Favourite of all Books is The Time Traveler's Wife by audry Niffenegger. which is gorgeous and detailed so much in present tense that it's almost future tense. For the narrative seemed to glow in my head while i read. The characters were just... so real to me. And it was deliciously non-chronoligical. There's not enough I can say, but it rocked my world, ate my brain and broke my heart.

Another great book is Magician's Assistant by Ann Pachett- also another one that's hard to describe. I love it beyond words. I have great respect for the author, but that book is my favourite. not exactly the happiest story and yet when i read it it makes me feel good.

Oh, and Name All the Animals by Alison Smith, technically an autobiography of a sort, but reads like a novel. Sad, lingering, vivid narrative. first person. very beautiful.

Of course then there's all the truely beautiful fan fiction I've read (in amognts the hords of mediocriy), but that's a discussion for another thread .

I've already posted a bunch...but these are recent favorites:

The Parallel Universe of Liars, by Katherine Jeffrie Johnson

The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky

[i]Looking For Alaska[i], by John Green

Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Confusion by Neal Stephenson
The American Boy by Andrew Taylor
Visits from the Drowned Girl by Steven Sherrill
The tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
Boudica: Dreaming Bull by Manda Scott
Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd
According to Queeney by Beryl Bainbridge
Minaret by Leila Aboulela