The Sorcerer's Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter by Allen Zola Kronzek and Elizabeth Kronzek

★★★

The Waste Lands by Stephen King

★★★

"Jake went in, aware that he had, for the first time in three weeks, opened a door without hoping madly to find another world on the other side.  A bell jingled overhead.  The mild, spicy smell of old books hit him, and the smell was somehow like coming home."

The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King

★★★

"What was like to think of ourselves and what we really are rarely have much in common..."

The Gunslinger by Stephen King

★★★★

"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed."

"Go then, there are other worlds than these."

Drift House by Dale Peck

★★★★

Firefly Lane by Kristen Hannah

★★★★

"That was the thing about best friends.  Like sisters and mothers, they could piss you off and make you cry and break your heart, but in the end, when the chips were down, they were there, making you laugh even in your darkest hours."

Maus I: My Father Bleeds History

★★★★★

"To die, it's easy.  But you have to struggle for life."