I have a long list because I pick favorites for a lot of different categories.

Best Nonfiction: The Fairy Ring - the story of two girls who fooled the whole world. While I was reading this, I was halfway through before realizing it was nonfiction. I loved this and it held my interest unlike any other nonfiction book I have ever read.

Best Series: every book by Rick Riordan. Technically, there are a lot of different series', but they all connect in subtle ways. His characters are so diverse and the plot is unique. My favorite book in the series is The House of Hades.

My other favorite series is called The Enemy Series by Charlie Higson. It is a story following a post-apocalyptic world. The Enemy is the first book in the series, but I recommend reading The Dead first. It's a prequel and I felt like The Enemy was confusing without it. The Dead is my favorite book in this series.

Best Historical Fiction: I read this book in first grade. It is a young adult novel called Fever 1693, and it is about the yellow fever epidemic. I loved it then and I still love it now. It was also the first young adult novel I ever read.

Best Stand Alone Book: Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich. It's the story of a girl with split personality disorder. It's a psychological thriller and the best one I've ever read. Here is the description on GoodReads: Twenty-five years ago, Elmbridge High burned down. Three people were killed and one pupil, Carly Johnson, disappeared. Now a diary has been found in the ruins of the school. The diary belongs to Kaitlyn Johnson, Carly’s identical twin sister. But Carly didn’t have a twin... don't read this if you are sensitive to mental illness and stuff like that. I thought it was very illuminating into the world of mental illness. It also inspired my longest novel, Seeing Red, which was available on my website but is currently closed for editing.

I hope you enjoy these books as much as I do! Maybe they will inspire you, too!

Worst books:

The Twilight Saga

Fifty Shades Of Grey

Awful writing, cliche plot, the works. I can find no redeeming qualities in either. Stephanie Meyers doesn’t know the meaning of a well placed semicolon. She doesn’t use it where it’s needed and over uses it where it’s not.

Also, E.L. James, the author, actually based 50 shades on twilight. It started as a fanfiction for it. Maybe that’s why it turned out so bad....