I've been a Shannon Hale fan ever since I read her first wonderful book, The Goose Girl. Fortunately for everyone, she turned out to be a prolific writer. Now I have so many of her books reviewed, every time I review another one, it takes me an extra thirty minutes or so to update all the pages with links to the new review.

So I decided it's time for a Shannon Hale page! I'll link all of her books to this page, so if you love her writing as much as I do, it will be easy to find more.

My absolute favorite of all her books is Book of a Thousand Days, and I've even got Sonderling Sunday posts looking at the German translation, Das Buch der Tausend Tage. But all her books have touched my heart.

And let me make one thing very clear: ALL of these books are highly recommended!

August 31, 2026

Huzzah! Shannon Hale has updated her brilliant novel for adults, Austenland, where heroine Jane Hayes gets to travel to a stately home in England and immerse herself in the world of Jane Austen. She hopes it will cure her of her obsession with Mr. Darcy.

And here's my story of getting the book signed at the National Book Festival.

—Sondra Eklund