Before I started writing, I loved reading, and that has not changed. I probably read an average of a book a week. My all time favorite genre is young adult dystopias, but I read all kinds of books, both fiction and non-fiction—so my favorites span a lot of genres, topics, and age-ranges.
Here’s a list of just some of my all-time favorites (in no particular order).

Fiction
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- The Declaration Trilogy by Gemma Malley
- Lost December by Richard Paul Evans
- Caraval by Stephanie Garber
- Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
- Delirium Trilogy by Lauren Oliver
- The Stranger in the Mirror by Liv Constantine
- Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
- The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
- The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clarke and Alafair Burke
- Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
- Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling
- Fablehaven Series by Brandon Mull
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
- The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov
- Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
Non-Fiction
- The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
- Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Todd Gilbert
- On Fire by John O’Learey
- Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
- Creativity, Inc by Ed Catmull
- The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky
- Wired for Story by Lisa Cron