I call books that are nice, light and easy to follow easy reading books. They are the ones that you can pick up, put down and walk away from for days before returning and you’ll still be able to follow and remember everything that you’ve read. I tend to read these a lot as they are a nice break from studying and researching – you don’t have to think as much when you are reading them which just makes them that much more enjoyable and easy.

• Smoke and Mirrorballs by Chris Abbey
• The Trials of Bryan Murphy by Cat Adams
• Secret Heart by Ann Aguirre (Razorland #1.1)
• Shutter series by Courtney Alameda
• The Cypress Project by Gennifer Albin (Crewel World #0.1)
• Hans Christian Andersen Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
• Grace of Small Magics by Ilona Andrews
• A Mere Formality by Ilona Andrews
• Of Swine and Roses by Ilona Andrews
• Innkeeper Chronicles by Ilona Andrews
• The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
• Riley Jenson Guardian series by Keri Arthur
• Shifter Made by Jennifer Ashley
• The Tales of the Frog Princess by E.D. Baker
• Monster Crush by Anna Banks & Emmy Laybourne
• Bayou Brawl by L.A. Banks
• Ayama and the Thorn Wood by Leigh Bardugo (Grishaverse Companion)
• The Too-Clever Fox by Leigh Bardugo (Grishaverse Companion)
• Mint in Box by Mike Baron
• Great-Grandmother in the Cellar by Peter S. Beagle (The Innkeeper’s World #1.5)
• Little Gods by Holly Black
• The Romantic Poets by William Blake, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, George Gordon Byron, William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• Prayers of Forges and Furnaces by Aliette de Bodard
• Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker
• After Midnight by Fiona Brand
• Sisterhood series by Ann Brashares
• 101 Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm
• 110 Grimmer Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm
• Stolen Goods by Shannon K. Butcher
• The Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot
• Even a Rabbit Will Bite by Rachel Caine
• Holly & Andrew series by Rachel Caine
• The Stone Witch by Isobelle Carmody
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland #1)
• Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland #2)
• The Selection Series by Kiera Cass
• The Last Demon by Don D’Amassa
• No Problem by Don D’Amassa
• Barrio Girls by Charles de Lint
• The Ballad of Rosamunde by Claire Delacroix
• The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black
• The Latter-Day Olympians series by Lucienne Diver
• Dating After the Apocalypse by Stephen Dorato
• Snow Job by Carole Nelson Douglas (Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator #5.1)
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Coyle (Sherlock Holmes #3)
• The Great Zombie Invasion of 1979 by J.G. Faherty
• Deleted Scenes by Katie Finn (Broken Hearts & Revenge #1.1)
• The Ranger’s Apprentice series by John Flanagan
• Kendra Chronicles by Alex Flinn
• Chain of Charms series by Kate Forsyth
• The Impossible Quest series by Kate Forsyth
• Stardust by Neil Gaiman
• Witch Work by Neil Gaiman
• Compeer by Roberta Gellis
• Put on a Happy Face by Christopher Golden
• Mannequin by Heather Graham
• Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham
• The Girl with No Name by Chris Marie Green (Vampire Babylon #6.4)
• A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle by John Green
• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before series by Jenny Han
• Payment Due by Frances Hardinge
• Switched by Amanda Hocking (Trylle #1)
• Two for Transylvania by Brad C. Hodson
• Distressed Travelers by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• Quicksilver by Cindy Holby
• Ewan Pendle and the White Wraith by Shaun Hume
• Cease and Desist by Stephen David Hurley
• A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson
• Magic Flutes by Eva Ibbotson
• The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbotson
• The Secret Countess by Eva Ibbotson
• A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson
• The Effluent Engine by N.K. Jemisin
• The Jubilee Express by Maureen Johnson
• Blue Moon by Nikki Kelly (The Styclar Saga #0.5)
• The Blue Pebble by Shirley Kennedy
• A Day in the Life by Sherrilyn Kenyon
• The Steamdancer (1896) by Caitlin R. Kiernan
• The Education of a Witch by Ellen Klages
• Beknighted by Deidre Knight
• The Sound of Blunder by J.A. Konrath & F. Paul Wilson
• The Threefold World by Ellen Kushner (The World of Riverside #0.1)
• The Valdemar books by Mercedes Lackey
• Crow and Caper, Caper and Crow by Margo Lanagan
• Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy
• Mr. Bear by Joe R. Lansdale
• Felidis by Tanith Lee
• Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
• Still Life by Ken Lillie-Paetz
• A Misadventure to Call Your Own by Adrien Ludens
• Acknowledgements by Will Ludwigsen
• Shades of Fury series by Kasey MacKenzie
• Devil’s Contract by E.S. Magill
• Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire (The Wicked Years #1)
• Oracle by Margo Maguire
• Kristy’s Great Idea by Ann M. Martin (The Baby-Sitters Club #1)
• Dynamite Junior by Jennifer Mathieu
• Necromancer series by Lish McBride
• By the Light of My Heart by Pat McDermott
• Which Witch by Patricia A. McKillip
• Nia and the Beast of Killarney Wood by Cindy Miles
• Old MacDonald Had an Animal Farm by Lisa Morton
• CHERUB Series by Robert Muchamore
• The Patron Saint of Pigs by Lauren Myracle
• The Mechanical Aviary of Emperor Jala-ud-din Muhammad Akbar by Shweta Narayan
• Chicagoland Vampires series by Chloe Neill
• The Houndmaster by Sandra Newgent
• The Highest Justice by Garth Nix
• Holly and Iron by Garth Nix
• Strange Fishing in the Western Highlands by Garth Nix
• An Unwelcome Guest by Garth Nix
• The Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix
• Akarnae by Lynette Noni (The Medoran Chronicles #1)
• Raelia by Lynette Noni (The Medoran Chronicles #2)
• The Fish Ladder by Katharine Norbury
• Tortured by Caragh M. O’Brien (Brithmarked #1.5)
• Let That Be A Lesson To You by Mark Onspaugh
• To Catch a Pirate by Jade Parker
• North Child by Edith Pattou (East #1)
• Stray Magic by Diana Peterfreund
• Huntress by Tamora Pierce
• Mimic by Tamora Pierce
• Plain Magic by Tamora Pierce
• Testing by Tamora Pierce
• Time of Proving by Tamora Pierce
• Beka Cooper series by Tamora Pierce
• The Circle of Magic Quartet by Tamora Pierce
• The Immortals Quartet by Tamora Pierce
• The Numair Chronicles by Tamora Pierce
• Protector of the Small Quartet by Tamora Pierce
• Song of the Lioness Quartet by Tamora Pierce
• Trickster series by Tamora Pierce
• Lost by Tamora Pierce (a story of Tortall)
• Tortall: A Spy’s Guide by Tamora Pierce (Tortall Companion)
• Rejected Princesses by Jason Porath
• Tough Mothers by Jason Porath
• Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
• The Carved Forest by Tim Pratt
• The Man Who Couldn’t Be Bothered to Die by Norman Prentiss
• Short Term by Daniel Pyle
• Making the Cut by Mike Resnick & Lezli Robyn
• Beyond the Veil by Patricia Rice
• Burning Castles by M. Rickert
• Camp Half-Blood Chronicles books by Rick Riordan
• Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series by Rick Riordan
• Deltora Quest series by Emily Rodda
• Deltora Shadowlands series by Emily Rodda
• Dragons of Deltora series by Emily Rodda
• Rowan of Rin series by Emily Rodda
• Star of Deltora series by Emily Rodda
• Night Owls series by Lauren M. Roy
• Bridge of Snow by Marie Rutkoski (The Winner’s Trilogy #0.5)
• Typecast by Jeff Ryan
• Rookwood and Mrs. King by Lilith Saintcrow
• For Sale by David Sakmyster
• Lucky Charms by Lisa Shearin (SPI Files #0.5)
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• The Witch in the Wood by Delia Sherman
• BRIANS!!! by D.L. Snell
• The Four Horsemen Reunion Tour: An Apocumentary by Lucien Soulban
• Unicorns of Balinor series by Mary Stanton
• The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Nine-Tenths of the Law by Eric James Stone
• Scrumptious Bone Bread by Jeff Strand
• Wild by Cheryl Strayed
• Blood-Red Greens by Joel A. Sutherland
• The Steeple People by John Alfred Taylor
• Jodie’s Journey by Colin Thiele
• Snakeskin by Rob Thurman (Trickster #0.5)
• Fixing Hanover by Jeff VanderMeer
• The Beast of Blackmoor Bog by Milla Vane
• The Seventh Sister by Sue-Ellen Welfonder
• The Spark by Sean Williams (The Change Companion)
• Andersen’s Witch by Jane Yolen

Short story collections

• Blood Lite III: Aftertaste edited by Kevin J. Anderson
• Small Magics by Ilona Andrews
• The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo
• Kisses & Curses edited by Lauren Burniac
• Dark and Stormy Knights edited by P.N. Elrod
• Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson & Lauren Myracle
• Must Love Hellhounds by Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews & Meljean Brook
• Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection by Tamora Pierce
• Night Shift by Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, Lisa Shearin & Milla Vane
• Under my Hat: Tales from the Cauldron edited by Jonathan Strahan