Teresa Medeiros, Romance Author, Recommended Reads

For as long as I can remember, when anyone asked me what my hobby
was, I always replied, "reading". Below is a list of some of my favorite
books, from childhood on. I made this list simply by quickly scanning my
bookshelves so if you're my friend and I've left you out, don't hate me!

Favorite Book and Favorite Romance of All-Time: THE WINDFLOWER by Tom
and Sharon Curtis. (Anything by Tom and Sharon is sublime. They are quite simply
the best to ever play the game.) A close runner-up in this category is A KNIGHT
IN SHINING ARMOR by Jude Deveraux. Pure magic! THE BRONZE HORSEMAN
and its sequel TATIANA AND ALEXANDER by Paullina Simons--probably the
best books and the finest romances I've read in over a decade.

Favorite Historical Novels: KATHERINE and GREEN DARKNESS by Anya Seton,
THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY by Karleen Koen, LONESOME DOVE by Larry
McMurtry, GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell, HERE BE DRAGONS
by Sharon Kay Penman, OUTLANDER by Diana Gabaldon, DESIREE by
Annemarie Selinko, PROPHET ANNIE by Ellen Recknor

Favorite Gothics: SHADOW OF THE LYNX, ON THE NIGHT OF THE SEVENTH
MOON, and THE SHIVERING SANDS by Victoria Holt, NINE COACHES WAITING
and THE IVY TREE by Mary Stewart, SONS OF THE WOLF by Barbara Michaels

Favorite Suspense: ASHES TO ASHES and DARK HORSE by Tami Hoag, anything by Eileen Dreyer

Favorite Fantasy Novels: The TWILIGHT series from Stephenie Meyer, including TWILIGHT, NEW MOON and ECLIPSE, THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT by Stephen R. Donaldson, THE CHRONICLES OF AMBER by Roger Zelazney, THE ONCE AND
FUTURE KING by T.H. White, TAMSIN and A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE by
Peter S. Beagle, SONG OF FIRE AND ICE series by George R.R. Martin; KNIGHT LIFE or
anything by Peter David, HARRY POTTER books by J.K. Rowling

Mystery: Dorothy Cannell's ELLIE HASKELL series, anything by Barbara Michaels

Children's: THE SECRET GARDEN and A LITTLE PRINCESS by Frances Hodgson
Burnett, HARRIET THE SPY by Louise Fitzhugh, A WRINKLE IN TIME by Madeline
L'Engle, THE MYSTERY OF THE WITCHES BRIDGE by Barbee Oliver Carleton, the HARRY
POTTER books by J.K. Rowling

Historical Romance (in no particular order): SEIZE THE FIRE by Laura Kinsale,
THE BRIDE, LYON'S LADY and HONOR'S SPLENDOR by Julie Garwood,
SOMETHING WONDERFUL, ALMOST HEAVEN, ONCE AND ALWAYS by Judith
McNaught, THE RAIDER'S BRIDE and THE RAIDER'S DAUGHTER by Kimberly
Cates, THE BRIDE FINDER by Susan Carroll, WILD OATS, SOMETHING SHADY
and THE SWEETWOOD BRIDE by Pamela Morsi, FAIRY TALE by Jillian Hunter,
THE LAST BACHELOR by Betina Krahn, HARVEST MOON and GOSSAMER by
Rebecca Hagan Lee, ASHTON'S BRIDE by Judith O'Brien, COMING UP ROSES
and ANNIE'S SONG by Catherine Anderson, BEWITCHING and JUST A KISS
AWAY by Jill Barnett, A HANDFUL OF HEAVEN by Kristin Hannah, DIAMONDS
AND DREAMS and RAINBOWS AND RAPTURE by Rebecca Paisley, THE CHARM
SCHOOL by Susan Wiggs, ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT by Connie Brockway, ONCE
IN A BLUE MOON, HEART OF THE WEST, and KEEPER OF THE DREAM by
Penelope Williamson, LORD OF SCOUNDRELS by Loretta Chase, REDEEMING LOVE
by Francine Rivers, anything by Christina Dodd, Connie Brockway, Lisa Kleypas and Eloisa James.

Contemporary romance: ON BEAR MOUNTAIN, WHEN VENUS FELL and A PLACE TO
CALL HOME by Deborah Smith, CRAZY FOR LOVIN' YOU and BILLY BOB WALKER
GOT MARRIED by Lisa G. Brown, anything by Anne Stuart, Theresa Weir, Susan
Elizabeth Phillips, Elizabeth Bevarly or Antoinette Stockenberg, BET ME and CRAZY FOR YOU by
Jennifer Crusie, IN THE MIDNIGHT RAIN by Ruth Wind, PARADISE by Judith McNaught,
MIXED SIGNALS by Liz Curtis Higgs, HONEST ILLUSIONS by Nora Roberts

Non-Fiction: THE BIBLE by various authors; OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS, BIRD BY BIRD,
and TRAVELING MERCIES by Anne Lamott, LIFE STRATEGIES by Phil McGraw, Ph.D., ON
WRITER'S BLOCK: A NEW APPROACH TO CREATIVITY by Victora Nelson

Mainstream: A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY and THE WORLD ACCORDING TO
GARP by John Irving, ROSIE and CROOKED LITTLE HEART by Anne Lamott,
anything by Stephen King, THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE by Audrey Niffenegger, THE MERCY OF THIN AIR by Ronlyn Domingue