I do a lot of reading and the list keeps getting longer and longer, but there are some books that have really stayed with me over the years, and you can find them here.
I continue to update this list from time to time, so be sure to check back.
On Writing
Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Young Adult
The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage (Book of Dust, Volume 1)
His Dark Materials (Books 1–3)
Brown Girl Dreaming
Middle Grade
Serafina and the Black Cloak (Book 1)
Serafina and the Twisted Staff (Book 2)
Serafina and the Splintered Heart (Book 3)
Willa of the Wood
A Snicker of Magic
Ban This Book
Ruby Holler
The Spirit of Cattail County
Hurricane Child
Shadow Weaver
Chapter Books
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Picture Books
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
All the World
Happy Birthday to You!
Non-Traditional Picture Books
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Board Books
Non-Fiction
Transformations of Myth Through Time
Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books
An Open Life by Joseph Campbell
Novels and Stories
Fantasy and Sci-Fi
Collections
Fearless Girls, Wise Women & Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World