Well, let's see. For the childhood classic favorites I think of when I think of AoGG, there's Little Women, and its two sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys; The Secret Garden; I also really remember enjoying Christy, but I really haven't read that in years, so I don't know how well it's held up.

When I got a little older, it was time for The Chronicles of Narnia and the Lord of the Rings...both of which I think I read yearly at least until college.

As for what I read now, I'm a big SF/F nerd. My favorite author, easily, is Sharon Shinn, who writes fantasy with strong romantic elements--not "romance" novels, per se, but her stories, at the core, are usually love stories for at least one of the characters, with excellent dialogue and set in pretty interesting, well-developed worlds.

Other authors I like in a similar fantasy/romance vein are Jacqueline Carey
and Juliet Marillier. I haven't read everything they've written like I have with Sharon Shinn (or close enough to it, basically) so if you're interested in either one of them I'd be happy to give you more specific recommendations based on which books of theirs I've read myself.

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