Comfort read
Tuesday, 05 September, 2006
Following on from my post about “comfort” films, I thought I would also compile a list of “comfort” books. They're mostly old favourites. And almost all of them were written by women:
- Looking for Alibrandi (Melina Marchetta);
- Howl's Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones);
- The Blue Sword (Robin McKinley);
- The Hero and the Crown (Robin McKinley);
- Beauty (Robin McKinley);
- Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card);
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J.K. Rowling);
- The Changeover (Margaret Mahy);
- Searching for Dragons (Patricia C. Wrede);
- Calling on Dragons (Patricia C. Wrede);
- Dealing with Dragons (Patricia C. Wrede);
- Talking to Dragons (Patricia C. Wrede);
- Fifteen (Beverly Cleary);
- The Blue Castle (L.M. Montgomery);
- Jane of Lantern Hill (L.M. Montgomery);
- Arrows of the Queen (Mercedes Lackey);
Feel free to add your own.
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