30 Years, 30 Books

So, I've gone from the girl who thinks she doesn't have much time to read to the girl who once again can't get enough of books. And I was thinking this morning, "Hey! I'm turning 30 this year! Sounds like a good time to take stock of my life. And so I have devised a plan to re-read 30 of my most favorite fiction pieces from over the years--or, at least, the books I count among my favorites--and give short reviews here. Part of this project is to revise this list if need be; see if my tastes have changed, etc. A couple of these titles I've read so recently that I'll count them as being read for the purposes of this list. One title--My Antonia--I'm still reading, but I love it so much I'm not sure it matters how it ends. Here we go:

30 Years, 30 Books (in a loosely ranked order)

1. Middlemarch, George Eliot

2. Persuasion, Jane Austen

3. A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway

4. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

5. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

6. Sense & Sensibility, Jane Austen

7. The Tale of Despereaux, Kate DiCamillo

8. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

9. Charlotte's Web, E.B. White

10. Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden

11. Catherine, Called Birdy, Karen Cushman

12. The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway

13. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

14. Les Miserables (abridged), Victor Hugo

15. The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde

16. The Count of Monte Cristo (abridged), Alexandre Dumas

17. My Antonia, Willa Cather

18. North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell

19. Light in August, William Faulkner

20. Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery

21. Anne of Avonlea, L.M. Montgomery

22. Anne of the Island, L.M. Montgomery

23. Number the Stars, Lois Lowry

24. The BFG, Roald Dahl

25. The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Elizabeth George Speare

26. Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech

27. Hamlet, William Shakespeare

28. The Odyssey, Homer

29. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor

30. The Green Mile, Stephen King

An excellent list, no? I have a strong feeling I've left out something very important from the children's/ YA category (it's not Harry Potter, though I love that series dearly). If you can help me think of it, or if you have any remarks at all, be sure to leave me a comment! I LOVE comments!