Sometimes you know exactly what you want to read. Other times, you just want a little inspiration.
Find Your Next Read is a collection of books from Lori’s Book Loft, gathered by theme, interest, and reading mood. Whether you’re looking for a classic, a cozy story, a book about dogs, gardening, military history, poetry, or something for a quiet evening by the fire, you may find your next book here. Take a look around—you never know which book might find its way to you. I have reviewed many here on this blog.
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Books & Authors I Love
Some books stay with us for years, and some authors become old friends. These authors and books hold a special place in my reading life.
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield
A Christmas Carol
The Curiosity Shop
Gene Stratton Porter
A Girl of the Limberlost
Michael O'halloran
Laddie
John Steinbeck
East of Eden
Of Mice and Men
The Winter of Our Discontent
Steinbeck's Short Stories
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Books for Lovers of Older Books & Classics
The Song of Hiawatha
Freckles
The Book of American Negro Poetry
My Several Worlds
Twelfth Night
The Sun Also Rises
Alice in Wonderland
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
The Wind in the Willows
Charlotte's Web
Books That Made Me Think
Brave New World
Lord of the Flies
The Scarlet Letter
Animal Farm
The Road Ahead
The Stolen Generation
Books With Characters That Stayed With Me
The Outsiders
To Kill a Mockingbird
Jane Eyre
The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank
Frankenstein
Rebecca
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
A Christmas Carol
Mona Ashleigh
Shorter Reads
The Lottery
The Most Dangerous Game
The Hitchhiker
Legacy Letters
Short Stories of de Maupassant
Any Jack London short story
Any John Steinbeck short story
The Frederick Douglass archives
The Unbelievable Death of Joseph Goldberg and Other Stories
Longer Reads
Great Expectations
East of Eden
Moby Dick
David Copperfield
Unfettered Journey
Books That Stayed With Me
Of Mice and Men
Tunnels
Burial Rites
Night
Survivors Club
Unwomanly Face of War
Confess: The Untold Story of Dorothy Good
Dyatlov Pass Mystery: NOT A Cold Case
Little Women
One More Moon
The Woman Without a Voice
Nina's Memento Mori
Never in Finer Company: The Men of the Great War's Lost Battalion
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II
Minik: The New York Eskimo
O Pioneers!
White Chrysanthemum
Slave Stealers
Books to Read When You Need a Change of Pace
Fylgia
The Road to Vermilion
Armed Men and Armadillos
Losing Normal
Onion
Polar Peril
The Watchmaker
Last Flight Out
Inspiring Books
Life Lessons
Tenacity
Daring to Hope
Unshattered
Fostered
The Hope Raisers
The Reilly Thanksgiving Invitational Story
The Traveler of Truth: Sojourner Truth
From Foster Care to Millionaire
3-Hour Dad
No Little Choices
…and many more
Books to Read About Cars
Muscle Car Barn Finds
Strange But True Tales of Car Collecting
Ford Model T Coast to Coast: A Slow Drive Across a Fast Country
Mustang
Books to Read for Music Lovers
Decoding Dylan
I Went Down to St. James Infirmary
Books That Made Me Laugh Aloud
Anything Eudora Rumph by Catherine Ritch Guess
