[thankful for a book-a-day advent to thanksgiving: 6 days left]

of course c.s. lewis’s chronicles of narnia must make this list. these books worked their way so deeply into my imagination that i still check for hidden worlds at the back of wardrobes.

of the series, i found the magician’s nephew the most startling. this is the context for narnia–and though the new-fangled boxed sets have you read this one first, i still prefer it at the end of the series as a delicious, delicious surprise.

[ps - i hope you've all started housekeeping by marilynne robinson for our book group, the book trail.]