The Diary of an Old Soul
by George MacDonald | 
Lilith
by George MacDonald | 
The Golden Key
by George MacDonald | 
The Wise Woman
by George MacDonald | 
The Complete Fairy Tales
by George MacDonald | 
Phantastes
by George MacDonald | 
The Marquis of Lossie
by George MacDonald | 
At the Back of the North Wind
by George MacDonald | 
The Light Princess
by George MacDonald | 
The Day Boy and the Night Girl
by George MacDonald | 
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
by Jill Twiss | 
The Boys In The Boat
by Daniel James Brown | 
The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green | 
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett | 
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak | 
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell | 
Catching Fire
by Suzanne Collins | 
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini | 
Unbroken
by Laura Hillenbrand | 
Watchmen
by Alan Moore |
George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. Though no longer a household name, his works (particularly his fairy tales and fantasy novels) have inspired deep admiration in such notables as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Madeleine L'Engle. C. S. Lewis wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his "master". Even Mark Twain, who initially despised MacDonald, became friends with him. MacDonald grew up influenced by his Congregational Church, with an atmosphere of Calvinism. But MacDonald never felt comfortable with some aspects of Calvinist doctrine. Later novels, such as Robert Falconer (1868) and Lilith (1895), show a distaste for the Calvinist idea that God's electing love is limited to some and denied to others. Especially in his Unspoken Sermons (1867-89) he shows a highly developed theology. His best-known works are Phantastes (1858), At the Back of the North Wind (1871) and The Princess and the Goblin (1872), all fantasy novels, and fairy tales such as - The Light Princess (1867), The Golden Key (1867), and The Wise Woman (1875).