The Horse and His Boy, by C.S. Lewis and apart of the Chronicles of Narnia, is among my top five all-time personal favorites, and for good reason. I've read the book countless times over and it never seems to dull on its captivating and thrilling aspects in the slightest.

  This book is quite different from all of the others in the Chronicles in that it takes place entirely within Narnia, with no outside characters. The story begins with a poor fisherman and his (adopted) child living in the desert nation south of Narnia. To avoid drawling on for too long, here's a pretty basic summary: Magic talking horse comes along, boy and horse travel north to Narnia after escaping, they meet a princess along the way, and they travel up to a mountain border and have some fairly confusing adventures along the mountain area. Eventually, a battle takes place between to two nations, with Narnia coming out victorious in the end. It's a very general, happy ending to a great story. I'll leave off with an enticing detail about someone turning into a donkey, just to make you want to read the book more.

 The book has a phenomenal storyline, and is very easy to understand for generally anybody, young to old, who wishes to read it. This part of the Chronicles especially has a storybook-charm about it that brings you back to your childhood slightly. All in all, a great book.