I have fond feelings for all of them (except, possibly, ‘Black Maria’, but I haven’t read it in ages, so may have to try again), and find there’s a DWJ for every mood. I recently re-read the Dalemark Quartet and thought they were fantastic. I think my favourites are currently ‘Hexwood’ ‘The Year of the Griffin’ and ‘The Pinhoe Egg’ (though ‘Hexwood’ has been at the top of my DWJ list since I first read it).

I hardly ever talked to the librarians at my library, which in retrospect is a shame. I’m sure they’d have had lots of good recommendations for me.

The good thing about Diana Wynne Jones is that you don’t have to read her books as a kid to like them. There are some books that I loved as a kid that I realize as an adult are not that good; but a DWJ book holds up really well.

I suppose that will not be as satisfying a story for you to tell, but it will make me feel good about myself. 😉

Jenny’s got quite the brilliant post about that earlier on. (It’s the reason I started stalking her blog.) There are two very different versions of Deep Secret.

http://wp.me/p9CIE-xO (I cannot begin to say it nearly so well, so there’s the link to the fabulous post.)