My Big Fat Recommendation List: J Authors

Here are all the authors whose books I recommend whose last name starts with the letter J:

Childrens/Middle-Grade

Diane Wynne Jones
Chrestomanci series
Enchanted Glass

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

Young Adult Fiction

Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

Michele Jaffe
Bad Kitty duology
Rosebush
Ghost Flower
Minders

Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay (there is a second book, but it's honestly kind of bad. Just read the first)
The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks

Alaya Dawn Johnson
The Summer Prince
Love is the Drug

Maureen Johnson
13 Little Blue Envelopes
Devilish
Suite Scarlett duology
Shades of London series
Truly Devious series

Star Wars: Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston
Need Series by Carrie Jones

Diane Wynne Jones
Howl's Moving Castle series
The Game
Dark Lord of Derkholm

Adult Fiction

Contemporary/Historical Fiction
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Science-Fiction/Fantasy

N. K. Jemisin
Inheritance Trilogy
Broken Earth Trilogy

Queen of the Tearling Trilogy by Erika Johansen

Non-Fiction

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
The Empathy Exams: Essays by Leslie Jamison
Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings
Here We Are: Feminism For the Real World by various authors, edited by Kelly Jenson
This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America by Morgan Jerkins
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diane Wynne Jones

My Big Fat Recommendation List: H and I Authors

Here are all the books by authors whose name starts with the letters H, and I, whose books I have read and recommend. I am putting I here, because there aren't many writers I've read whose name starts with I. So it's kind of silly for me to make a whole page for them when there'll be like...two authors there.

H Authors

Childrens

Princess Academy books by Shannon Hale

Marguerite Henry
Misty of Chincoteague series
King of the Wind
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
Born to Trot
Justin Morgan Had a Horse

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
Bunnicula series by James Howe

YA

Gone With the Respiration Duology by Lia Habel
The Girl is Murder Duology by Kathryn Miller Haines

Shannon Hale
Books of Bayern series
Book of a Thousand Days
Dangerous

The Conspiracy of Us Trilogy by Maggie Hall
Deadly Cool series by Gemma Halliday
Rebel of the Sands series  by Alwyn Hamilton
To All the Boys I've Loved Before Trilogy by Jenny Han

Cynthia Hand
Unearthly Trilogy
The Afterlife of Holly Chase
The Lady Janies series co-written with Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows

Kim Harrington
Clarity Duology
The Dead and Buried

Seraphina series by Rachel Hartman

Rachel Hawkins
Hex Hall series
Rebel Belle Trilogy

The Girl From Everywhere Duology by Heidi Heilig
The Fire Horse Girl by Kay Honeyman
Splintered series by A. G. Howard

Shaun David Hutchinson
We Are the Ants
At the Edge of the Universe
The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza

Adult Fiction

Contemporary/Literary/Historical Fiction

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

Fantasy

Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris
The Hollows series  by Kim Harrison
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

Sci-Fi

The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley

Mystery

Charlaine Harris
Aurora Teagarden series
Lily Bard series

Romance

Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Cotillion by Georgette Heyer

Plays

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

Poetry

The Collected Poems by Langston Hughes

Non-Fiction

Around the Way Girl by Taraji P. Henson
The Geek Feminist Revolution  by Kameron Hurley

I Authors

YA
Vengeance Bound by Justina Ireland

Adult Fiction

Contemporary/Literature/Historical Fiction
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

Plays
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

My Big Fat Recommendation List: G Authors

Here are all the books I recommend written by authors whose names start with the letter G:

Childrens/Middle-Grade Fiction

Neil Gaiman
Coraline
The Graveyard Book

I, Coriander by Sally Gardner
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
The Mapmaker's Trilogy by S. E. Grove

Young Adult Fiction

Elusion Duology by Claudia Gabel
Caraval Trilogy by Stephanie Garber
Beautiful Creatures series by Kami Garcia and Margeret Stohl
Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden

Whitney Gardner
You're Welcome, Universe
Chaotic Good

Princesses of Westfallen Trilogy by Jessica Day George
Stoker and Holmes series by Colleen Gleason
I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo

Ryan Graudin
The Walled City
Wolf by Wolf duology

Claudia Gray
Evernight series
Spellcaster Trilogy
Firebird series
Star Wars: Lost Stars

John Green
Looking for Alaska
An Abundance of Katherines
Paper Towns
Will Grayson, Will Grayson (co-written with David Levithan)
The Fault in Our Stars

The Girl at Midnight Trilogy by Melissa Grey
Masque of the Red Death Duology by Bethany Griffin
Warped by Maurissa Guibord

Adult Fiction

Contemporary/General Fiction

Difficult Women by Roxane Gay

Historical Fiction

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Neil Gaiman
Trigger Warnings: Short Fictions and Disturbances
Neverwhere
American Gods Duology
Stardust
The Ocean at the End of the Lane

The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Star Wars: Bloodline by Claudia Gray

Romance

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

Mystery/Thriller

Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling)
Body of Evidence series by Christopher Golden (I think this series is out of print now, but you should be able to find it at used bookstores or libraries)
Phryne Fisher series by Kerry Greenwood (also highly recommend the TV show version)

Non-Fiction

Neil Gaiman
The View From the Cheap Seats: Selected Non-Fiction
Norse Mythology

In the Great Green Room: The Brilliant Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown by Amy Gary

Roxane Gay
Bad Feminist
Hunger: A Memoir of My Body

Letters to a Young Muslim by Omar Saif Ghobash
My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The Lost City of Z by David Grann
In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Giuerrero with Michelle Buford

My Big Fat Recommendation List: F Authors

Here are all the books I recommend written by authors whose name begins with the letter F.

Childrens/Middle-Grade

Harriet the Spy series by Louise Fitzhugh
The Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle by Janet Fox
Corduroy picture book series by Don Freeman

Cornelia Funke
Inkworld Trilogy
The Thief Lord

Young Adult Fiction

Jessica's Guide Duology by Beth Fantaskey
Of Metal and Wishes Duology by Sarah Fine
Incarceron Duology by Catherine Fisher
Beastly by Alex Flinn
Willful Machines by Tim Floreen
Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody

Gayle Forman
If I Stay Duology
Just One Day Duology
I Was Here

Bhinian Empire Duology by Miram Forster
Dark Star Trilogy by Bethany Frenette

Esther Friesner
Nobody's Princess Duology
Spirit's Princess Duology
Sphinx's Princess Duology

Adult Fiction

Contemporary/General Fiction
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Room With a View by E. M. Forester

Mystery
Hannah Swenson series by Joanne Fluke

Fantasy
Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde

Science-Fiction
Welcome to Night Vale series by Joseph Fink

Non-Fiction

Carrie Fisher
Wishful Drinking
The Princess Diarest

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin
Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin by Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin

My Big Fat Recommendation List: E Authors

Here are all the books I recommend by authors whose last name start with E. It won't be long probably. Last names starting with E don't seem to be common, in the writing world at least.

Childrens/Middle-Grade Books

Tales of Magic series by Edward Eager
Are You My Mother? by P. D. Eastman (picture book)

Young Adult

Wildthorn by Jane Eagland
Court of Fives Trilogy by Kate Elliott
The Pimpernelles Duology by Patricia Elliott
This is Our Story by Ashley Elston
The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw
Ivory and Bone series by Julie Eshbaugh

Jennifer Estep
Mythos Academy series
Black Blade Trilogy

Adult Fiction

Contemporary
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans

Historical Fiction
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquival

Fantasy
Elemental Assassin series by Jennifer Estep

Mystery
Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich

Plays

The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler

My Big Fat Recommendation List: D Authors

Here are all the books by authors whose name stars with D, whose books I have read and recommend.

CHILDREN'S/MIDDLE-GRADE

Roald Dahl
-All of it, particularly Matilda, The Witches, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The Spiderwick Chronicles series by Toni DiTerlizzi and Holly Black

YOUNG ADULT FICTION

Croak series by Gina Damico
Nemesis series by April Daniels
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao
13 to Life series by Shannon Delaney

Susan Dennard
-Witchlands series
-Something Strange and Deadly Trilogy

Kimberly Derting
-The Body Finder series
The Pledge Trilogy

The Glass Spare Book 1 by Lauren DeStefano
Entwined by Heather Dixon
Annexed by Sharon Dogar

Jaclyn Dolamore
-Magic Under Glass Duology
-Dark Metropolis Duology
-Between the Sea and Sky

Jennifer Donnelly
-Revolution
-A Northern Light

Young Wizards series by Diane Duane

Sarah Beth Durst
-Drink, Slay, Love
-Enchanted Ivy
-Vessel

Corinne Duyvis
-Otherbound
-On the Edge of Gone

ADULT FICTION

Fantasy

Amberlough Book 1 by Lara Elena Donnelly
The Queens of Renthia series  by Sarah Beth Durst

Mystery

Sherlock Holmes series by Arthur Conan Doyle

Literature/Contemporary

Charles Dickens (there are plenty of Dickens books worthy of reading, but these are the ones I've read)
-Great Expectations
-A Christmas Carol
-Oliver Twist

Room by Emma Donoghue

NON-FICTION

Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis
You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day
Never Caught: The Washington's Relentless Pursuit of Their Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson

My Big Fat Recommendation List: C Authors

Meant to have this up a lot earlier. There were just a lot of authors to go through, and real life has kind of gotten in the way of me blogging, or anything like that. But without further ado, here are the books I recommend from authors whose names start with the letter C:

CHILDREN'S/MIDDLE-GRADE

Thoroughbred series by Joanna Campbell
Alice in Wonderland books by Lewis Carroll
Ramona Quimby series by Beverly Cleary
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr

Bruce Coville
-Unicorn Chronicles series
-My Teacher is an Alien series
-Magic Shop series

How to Train Your Dragon series by Cressida Cowell

Karen Cushman
-Catherine, Called Birdy
-The Midwife's Apprentice

YOUNG ADULT

Meg Cabot
-Princess Diaries series
-1-800-WHERE-R-U series
-The Mediator series
-Abandon Trilogy
-Airhead Trilogy
-All American Girl Duology
-Avalon High
-Jinx

Rachel Caine
-The Great Library series
-Morganville Vampires series

Dark Unwinding duology by Sharon Cameron
Finishing School series by Gail Carriger
Gold Seer Trilogy by Rae Carson

Ally Carter
-Gallagher Girls series
-Heist Society Trilogy
-Embassy Row Trilogy

Kristin Cashore
-Graceling Trilogy
-Jane, Unlimited

Charlotte Holmes series by Brittany Cavallaro
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Sea of Ink and Gold series by Traci Chee
Star-Touched Queen series by Roshani Chokshi
Mortal Instruments series and spin-offs by Cassandra Clare

Rosemary Clement-Moore
-The Splendor Falls
-Goodnight Family Duology

Kingdom on Fire Trilogy by Jessica Cluess
Witchlanders by Lena Coakley

Brandy Colbert
-Pointe
-Little and Lion

Pretty Girl-13 by Liz Coley
Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
With Malice by Eileen Cook
Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst
Vivian Apple Duology by Katie Coyle
Nevermore Trilogy by Kelly Creagh
Tempest Trilogy by Julie Cross
Steampunk Chronicles series by Kady Cross
Breathe Duology by Sarah Crossan
Magnolia League Duology by Katie Crouch

ADULT

Contemporary/Realistic Fiction

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote

Historical Fiction

The Girl With the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

Mystery

Heather Wells Mystery series by Meg Cabot
Nikki Heat series by Richard Castle

Romance

Meg Cabot
-Ransom My Heart
-Boy series

Sci-fi/Fantasy

Insatiable duology by Meg Cabot
The Girl With All the Gifts by M. R. Carey
Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger
Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

NON-FICTION

Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik, and Ping Zhu
As If!: The Oral History of Clueless by Jen Chaney
My Life in France by Julia Child
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

PLAYS/POETRY

All plays by Anton Chekhov

My Big Fat Recommendation List: B Authors

Next part of the big recommendation list. Which features all authors whose last name starts with B. Note: Books with lots of contributing authors, such as short story anthologies, essay collections etc. are going to get their own page under various authors.

Childrens/Middle-Grade

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
National Velvet by Enid Bagnold
Wide Awake Princess series by E. D. Baker
Indian in the Cupboard series by Lynne Reid Banks
The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
Peter and the Starcatchers series by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Oz series by L. Frank Baum
Madeline picture book series by Ludwig Bermelmans
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco

Holly Black
-Doll Bones
-Spiderwick Chronicles series

Judy Blume
-Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret
-Freckle Juice
-Best Friends series

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Babar series by Jean de Brunhoff
Saddle Club series by Bonnie Bryant
Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley

Frances Hodgins Burnett
-The Secret Garden
-A Little Princess

Young Adult Fiction

Ship Breaker Series by Paolo Bacigalupi
Stranje House series by Kathleen Baldwin

Leigh Bardugo
-Grisha series
-Six of Crows Duology
-DC Icons 1: Wonder Woman-Warbringer

Jennifer Lynn Barnes
-Raised by Wolves Trilogy
-The Naturals series
-The Fixer series

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust
Looking Glass Wars Trilogy by Frank Beddor

Hilari Bell
-Knight and Rogue series
-Farsala Trilogy
-Goblin Wood Trilogy

Also Known As duology by Robin Benway
Chime by Franny Billingsley

Holly Black
-The Darkest Part of the Forest
-Modern Faerie Tales Trilogy
-Curse Workers Trilogy
-The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
-The Poison Eaters and Other Stories

Midnight Thief Duology by Livia Blackburne

Kendare Blake
-Anna Dressed in Blood Duology
-Goddess War Trilogy
-Three Dark Crowns series

Prisoner of Night and Fog Duology by Anne Blankman
Forever by Judy Blume
The Compound by S. A. Bodeen
Lois Lane series by Gwenda Bond

Alexandra Bracken
-Darkest Minds series
-Passenger series

Wrapped by Jennifer Bradbury
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares

Libba Bray
-Gemma Doyle Trilogy
-The Diviners series
-Going Bovine
-Beauty Queens

Sarah Rees Brennan
-Demon's Lexicon Trilogy
-Lynburn Legacy Trilogy
-Team Human (co-written with Justine Larbelestier)
-Tell the Wind and Fire
-In Other Lands

The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough
Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown
Born of Illusion duology by Teri Brown

Elizabeth C. Bunce
-A Curse as Dark as Gold
-Thief Errant series

Sci-Fi/Fantasy

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle (yes, this is adult. Go to your local bookstore. It will be shelved in the adult section because it is considered an adult fairy-tale)
Divine Cities Trilogy by Robert Jackson Bennett
The Others series by Anne Bishop
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs
Olympus Bound series by Joanna Max Brodsky
Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher
Kindred by Octavia Butler

Historical Fiction

Alice, I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume

Romance

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Mystery
Witchcraft Mystery series by Juliet Blackwell

Rhys Bowen
-Her Royal Spyness series
-Molly Murphy series

Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley
Robert Langdon series by Dan Brown (only the first two books though, 3 and on are a waste of time)

Contemporary

Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown

Non-Fiction

Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire by Julia Baird
Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway's Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises by Lesley M. M. Blume

My Big Fat Recommendation List: A Authors

So here's the first part of what I'm calling my big fat recommendation list. This is everything I've at least liked (so around three and a half stars or so and above) all in one place. I'll be doing it alphabetically to make things easier on everyone. So this part will be books by authors with names beginning in A, and then there'll be one for the letter b, and so on. I'll be putting a link list to everything over in one of the sidebars, so people can just click that in the future and find books. I'm providing a link to the books in question to Goodreads for anyone who wants more info on said books.
On categories: I'm basically dividing this up the way you would find it in your local bookstore/library. So there'll be a children's/middle-grade section, YA section, general adult section (that may be further divided up by genre), and a non-fiction section. All of these lists will be updated around every six months or so as I find new favorites.
Note: if there is not a book on here that you think should be on here it's probably because a) I have not read it yet so can't say for sure I recommend it or b) I have read it and did not like it and do not recommend it. Also, if there's a book on here that you've read and don't like, I'm sorry...I don't care.  These are MY personal recommendations. If you feel so strongly about it, feel free to make your own list.

Children's Books/Middle-Grade Books

Cam Jensen Mystery series by David A. Adler
American Girls series by various authors
Aesop's Fables by Aesop

Louisa May Alcott
-Little Women series
-Eight Cousins Books

The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
Gilda Joyce series by Jennifer Allison
Animorphs series / Everworld series by Katherine Applegate
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi

Young Adult Books

Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah

Renee Ahdieh
-Wrath and the Dawn Duology
-Flame in the Mist Book 1

Becky Albertalli
-Simon VS the Homo Sapiens Agenda
-The Upside of Unrequited

Crewel World Trilogy by Gennifer Albin
Bad Girls Don't Die Trilogy by Katie Alender
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Saints and Misfits by S. K. Ali
Bound by Blood and Sand Book 1 by Becky Allen

Jodi Lynn Anderson
-Tiger Lily
-The Vanishing Season

Laurie Halse Anderson
-Speak
-Wintergirls
-The Impossible Knife of Memory
-Seeds of America Trilogy

Josephine Angelini
-Starcrossed Trilogy
-Worldwalker Trilogy

Kelley Armstrong
-Darkest Powers Trilogy
-Darkness Rising Trilogy

Mindee Arnett
-Arkwell Academy Trilogy
-Avalon Duology

Fairy Bad Day by Amanda Ashby
Everneath Trilogy by Brodi Ashton

Adult Fiction Books

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
-Americanah
-Half of a Yellow Sun

American War by Omar El Akkad
Lady Emily series by Tasha Alexander
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

V.C. Andrews
-Dollanganger series
-Orphans series
-Wildflowers series
-Hudson series
-Shooting Stars series
-De Beers series

Mystery/Thrillers

Department Q series by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Bewitching Mystery series by Madelyn Alt
Jackson Brodie series by Kate Atkinson

Romance

Jane Austen
-Pride and Prejudice
-Sense and Sensibility
-Emma
-Mansfield Park
-Persuasion
-Northanger Abbey

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Dystopian etc.

Peter Grant series by Ben Aaronovitch
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews
Winternight Trilogy Book 1: The Bear and the Nightingale  by Katherine Arden
Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong

Isaac Asimov
-I, Robot
-Foundation Trilogy

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Non-Fiction

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
-We Should All Be Feminists
-The Thing Around Your Neck
-Dear Ijeawele, Or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary by Anita Anand
The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder edited by William Anderson
Harry, a History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon by Melissa Anelli
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou