So often we focus on recent and upcoming new books, but there are so many amazing reads that have been with us for decades - even centuries! Click to see five of my favorite books written before the year 2000.

The first in a series of several posts on this year’s reading, titles I love, and what I recommend.

We all know we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but that doesn’t mean we don’t do it. Here are 5 books that didn’t draw me in by their cover, but by their amazingly written blurbs.

The end to one journey, and the beginning to another.