My Imaginary Library

Once upon a time, there was a maiden who loved to read.  She enjoyed all sorts of books and tales.  If the story drew her in, filled her imagination, and had good morals that inspired her soul, she liked it.  But it was often very hard to come by these ideal stories.  The future of ipads and kindles had taken away many hard copies and the rest of the sad public library was full of depression and filth.  Sure, there was a good book here or there, but our pure young maiden had to search high and low among many other unsavory titles to find the very hidden and few gems.  When she wasn't reading, she liked to imagine a library all of her own that was filled from floor to ceiling with all sorts of wonderful books.  Books of love, adventure, charity, sacrifice, inspiration, courage, and wonder.  But then, she didn't want to keep it to herself.  She wanted to share it with the whole world so young maidens such as herself could find wholesome, godly things to read.  So please enjoy this constantly growing list of the godly maiden's favorite titles!

• Adam of the Road  -  Elizabeth Gray Vining
• After the War  -  Carol Matas                                         (some kissing before marriage)
• All Creatures Great and Small  -  James Herriot           (mild language)
• Anne of Green Gables series  -  L.M. Montgomery
• The Austen Escape  -  Katherine Reay                       (some kissing before marriage)
• Bargain Bride  -  Evelyn Sibley Lampman
• Beautiful Girlhood  -  Karen Andreola
• Before Green Gables  -  Budge Wilson
• The Borrowers  -  Mary Norton
• The Bronze Bow  -  Elizabeth George Speare
• Calico Captive  -  "

• The Catholic Gir's Guide: Counsels & Devotions for Girls in the Ordinary Walks of Life  -  Fr. Lasance
• The Chronicles of Narnia  -  C.S. Lewis
• City of Orphans  -  Avi
• Edmund Campion: A Life  -  Evelyn Waugh
• Elsie the Actress: Climax of the Civil War  -  Norma Jean Lutz
• Emma  -  Jane Austen
• Father Damien and the Bells  -  Arthur Shenhan
• Following Christ in the World  -  Anne W. Caroll
• Forty Dreams of St. Joh Bosco: from St. Joh Bosco's Biographical Memoirs
• God, the Joy of My Life: A Biography of Saint Teresa of Jesus of the Andes
• Growing Up Duggar  -  Janna, Jill, Jessa, and Jinger
• He is My Heaven: The Life of Elizabeth of the Trinity  -  Jennifer Moorcroft
• Immitation of Christ  -  Thomis a Kempis
• An Introduction to the Devout Life  -  St. Francis de Sales
• Jesus, King of Love  -  Fr. Mateo Crawley-Boevey
• King of the Golden City  -  Mother Mary Loyola
• A Lantern in Her Hand  -  Bess Streeter Aldrich
• Life of Christ  -  Fulton J. Sheen
• Light Love Life: A Look at a Face of a Heart, Elizabeth of the Trinity
• Little Women  -  Louisa May Alcott

• Manual for Total Consecration to Mary  -  St. Louis Marie de Montfort
• Mara, Daughter of the Nile  -  Eloise Jarvis McGraw
• Mary Was Her Life: The Story of Sister Maria Teresa Quevedo  -  Sister Mary Pierre, R.S.M.
• Maryam of Bethlehem: The Little Arab  -  Sr. Emmanuel Maillard 
• Meditations for Advent  -  Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
• Meditations for Lent  -  "
• My Beloved: The Story of a Carmelite Nun  -  Mother Catherine Thomas
• On the Church Militant  -  St. Robert Bellarmine
• The Plays of St. Therese of Lisieux: Pious Recreations  -  St. Therese de Lisieux
• The Poetry of Saint Therese of Lisieux  -  "
• Pride and Prejudice  -  Jane Austen
• Return to Red River series  - Lauraine Snelling
• Relations of St. Bridget: On the Life and Passion of Our Lord and the Life of His Blessed Mother  -  St. Brideget of Sweden
• The Scarlet Pimpernel  -  Emuska Orczy
• A Soldier Surrenders: The Conversion of Saint Camillus de Lellis  -  Susan Peek

• The Song at the Scaffold  -  Gertrud von le Fort
• Sophie's Dilemma   -  Lauraine Snelling
• The Springs of Silence  -  Madeline (Sister Mary) Defrees
• Saint John Bosco and Saint Dominic Savio  -  Catherine Beebe
• Saint Rose of Lima: The Story of the First Canonized Saint of the Americas  -  Mary Fabyan Windeatt
• Stories of Don Bosco  -  Peter Lappin
• The Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux  -  Therese de Lisieux
• The Time Machine  -  H.G. Wells
• A Triumph for Flavius  -  Caroline Dale Snedeker
• The True Spouse of Jesus Christ  -  St. Alfonsus de Liguori
• Tuck Everlasting  -  Natalie Babbitt

• Tuning in to God's Call  -  Fr. Andrew Wisdom
• The Veritas Chronicles  -  Gina Marinello-Sweeney
• War Horse  -  Michael Morpurgo
• The Winged Watchman  -  Hilda van Stockum
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond  -  Elizabeth George Speare
• Young Pioneers  -  Rose Wilder Lane

I have tried to keep this list free of language, sexual content, heresy, and any form of witchcraft.  Every family and every girl is different and we all have different standards.  This list comprises the books I know, love, and would reccomend to you.  Always be sure to check content and reviews from people you trust.  The images included in this post are for aestetics only.  I do not necessarily reccomend the books pictured in the photos.

I know many people still enjoy children's books at any age so I have included these titles as well.