This list was born out of a question: someone wanted to know what were books we’d recommend for the young lady in his life, to save her from sparkly vampires. I was tagged in the comments, and realized that although I have several lists for boys, I hadn’t done one specifically for girls. This still isn’t specifically for girls, for that matter. Surely everyone loves reading about princesses and dreaming castles in the air? Well, ok, as a girl I didn’t. I was all about horses and wilderness survival and learning to fish, hunt, and trap. My daughters, on the other hand… the Junior Mad Scientist had a series of unicorns as a smol. She named them all Bob. So we had Mama Bob, and Squishy Bob, and Sparkly Bob, and… this list is for girls like her, who love all things pink and glittery.
As always, I posted on social media, and others suggested books they had loved, or their children did. I couldn’t make these lists on my own, and I deeply appreciate my fellow readers who help out with them. The books are in no particular order, and range from classics well-beloved, to new titles that will seem smart and up-to-date.
| Title | Author | Link |
| The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin | L Jagi Lamplighter | https://amzn.to/2M7fmAf |
| The Little Princess | Frances Hodgson Burnett | https://amzn.to/2LwgEDJ |
| Little Women | Louisa May Alcott | https://amzn.to/2kVf02U |
| The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson Burnett | https://amzn.to/2JxUR13 |
| Five Little Peppers | Margaret Sidney | https://amzn.to/2sIi0mY |
| The Forgotten Beasts of Eld | Patricia McKillip | https://amzn.to/2kSPD1S |
| The Blue Sword | Patricia McKinley | |
| Valor’s Child | Kal Spriggs | https://amzn.to/2M90CjY |
| A Wrinkle in Time | Madeline L’Engle | https://amzn.to/2JAeaXy |
| The Borrowers | Mary Norton | https://amzn.to/2sBpJUu |
| Dragonsong | Anne McCaffrey | https://amzn.to/2M6NgoI |
| Dealing with Dragons | Patricia Wrede | https://amzn.to/2M8ppor |
| Heidi | Johanna Spyri | https://amzn.to/2xQ89Bi |
| The Chronicles of Narnia | CS Lewis | https://amzn.to/2sNlGUF |
| The Wingfeather Saga | Andrew Peterson | |
| Wee Free Men (Tiffany Aching series) | Terry Pratchett | https://amzn.to/2M4THZf |
| The Ordinary Princess | MM Kaye | https://amzn.to/2kVONS4 |
| The Family Shame | Chris Nuttall | https://amzn.to/2LwZYvU |
| Black Beauty | Anna Sewell | https://amzn.to/2xQSDVJ |
| Misty of Chincoteague | Marguerite Henry | https://amzn.to/2Lukb5m |
| Born to Race | Blanche Perrin | https://amzn.to/2kSrNDl |
| King of the Wind | Marguerite Henry | https://amzn.to/2kWaktY |
| The Famous Five | Enid Blyton | https://amzn.to/2sCleJq |
| Changeling | Delia Sherman | https://amzn.to/2LquKGD |
| So You Want to be a Wizard | Diane Duane | https://amzn.to/2xRZvSS |
| The Horsemaster | Marilyn Singer | https://amzn.to/2LrQ9iI |
| Song of Sorcery | Elizabeth Ann Scarborough | https://amzn.to/2kQhm36 |
| Parsley Sage, Rosemary and Time | Jane Lousie Curry | https://amzn.to/2LtI0KK |
| Enchantress from the Stars | Sylvia Endgahl | https://amzn.to/2JuY12t |
| Witches of Karres | James Schmitz | https://amzn.to/2JstRws |
| Mairelon and Magician’s Ward | Patricia Wrede | https://amzn.to/2sGNWJi |
| Half Magic | Edward Eager | https://amzn.to/2Jumyod |
| Maximum Ride | James Patterson | https://amzn.to/2LvRQLW |
| 12 Dancing Princesses | Jessica Day George | https://amzn.to/2kUVsf6 |
| Faerie Queen | Amber Argyle | https://amzn.to/2l0p0IB |
| Witch Song | Amber Argyle | https://amzn.to/2JFHHz1 |
| Lud-in-the-Mist | Hope Mirrlees | https://amzn.to/2JoSe2b |
| Once Upon a Time | AA Milne | https://amzn.to/2JoStKD |
| The Rose and the Ring | Makepeace Thackeray | https://amzn.to/2kXvR5x |
| Healing of Crossroads | Nick O’Donohue | https://amzn.to/2LyLgo4 |
| Have Spacesuit will Travel | Robert Heinlein | https://amzn.to/2Mc4OiW |
| Shikari | Alma Boykin | https://amzn.to/2xQCr7a |
| The King of Elfland’s Daughter | Lord Dunsany | https://amzn.to/2xUACG1 |
Comments
15 responses to “The Glittery Unicorns Book List”
Smol?
Internet slang for small. say it out loud…
Thank you. I guess I’m not hep to the latest slingo.
Once the kids move out, I’ll probably fall behind.
I ain’t hep, to that step, but I’ll dig it.
While I’m not a girl 😉 I suspect that many girls would enjoy The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Perilous_Gard
You know, not all princess books are just for girls 🙂 Might give a discerning young man an idea of what to look for – or avoid! – in a young lady.
this list is for girls like her, who love all things pink and glittery.
I love that our pink-and-glittery girl is the bruiser tomboy.
So you have someone who will fight you…wearing pink, glitter-covered shoes, and glittery pink earrings, and a unicorn shirt.
“The Princess and the Goblin” is rather good, too.
Yes, yes it is. I read a lot of George MacDonald when I was younger.
And I am reminded of:
http://pbfcomics.com/comics/nice-shirt/
I am a fan of Podkayne.
Belated suggestions:
The Changes trilogy by Peter Dickinson
Entwined by Heather Dixon
Fire and Hemlock, and almost anything else by Diana Wynne Jones
and another vote for The Perilous Gard!
I really enjoyed ‘Runaway Robot’ when i was a kid. IS that even available anymore?
answering my own query: only used.
Funny, upon seeing the final list I see that My Friend Flicka by Mary O’Hara and National Velvet by Enid Bagnold should have been on the list