What are your top 10 favorite books?

She did. But she cheated.

Instead of her 10 favorite books, she wrote about her favorite genres: books about Abraham Lincoln, books about the Civil War, guilty-pleasure books, etc. Sure, there were only 10 categories and it was a really good list, but it was cheating nonetheless.

When I teased her about it, she challenged me to write my own top 10 list. It took me 10 months to accept her challenge, but here I am!

It’s a good thing I waited, too. When she challenged me, I hadn’t read “Fifty Shades of Grey” yet, and you would have missed out on three of my favorite books.

I kid. That was a terrible series. I’m mad at myself for reading all three books. I have this bad habit of having to finish everything I start. That includes terrible trilogies.

Here is my list of my 10 favorite books of all time (in no particular order).