I hope my daughter reads tons and tons of books. She is a pretty big reader as a middle schooler, so I think she is well on her way. There are some books of course, that I hope that she one day reads. I decided to come up with a list of 10 that I especially hope she gets to. My guess is this is the type of list that will always be changing, based on where I am at in my life. However, for the record, here are the ten I thought of today. Please note, The Lord of the Rings is not on the list because I had the distinct pleasure of reading the whole thing to her when she was younger.

  1. Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius

2 to 5. Ryan Holiday’s Cardinal Virtues series

  1. Eknath Easwaren’s translation of The Dhamapadda

  2. These Truths by Jill Lepore

  3. Watership Down by Richard Adams

  4. Ken Wilber’s One Taste

  5. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank