Here are the books that have made a huge difference in my life as a writer and a reader.
Must Read YA (Realistic and Fantasy)
- Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
- Harry Potter Series (do I need to even say who its by?)
- Tithe, Valiant, Ironside and The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
- Geektastic Anthology
- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman
- The Raven Boys cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
- Wicked Lovely series by Melissa Marr
- Uprooted by Naomi Novik
- We Were Liars by E Lockhart
Must Read Writing Books
- On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
- The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide To Character Expression by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi
Books for Writing About Faeries
- An Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures by Katherine Briggs
- The World Guide to Gnomes, Fairies, Elves, and Other Little People: A Compendium of
- International Fairy Folklore by Thomas Keightley
- Faeries by Alan Lee and Brian Froud
