Thirteen books recommended for everyone.

1. Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the First - The Bad Beginning
2. Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Second - The Wide Window
3. Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Third - The Reptile Room
4. Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Fourth - The Miserable Mill
5. Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Fifth - The Austere Academy
6. Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Sixth - The Ersatz Elevator(Something i discovered about characters in this book - Esme Squalor, who later turns out to be Count Olaf's girlfriend, is a reference to J.D Salinger's short story 'For Esme with Love and Squalor'; her husband Jerome Squalor's name is, by my deduction, a reference to the O Henry Award-winning writer Gordon Lish's short story 'For Jerome with Love and Kisses' - a parody on Salinger's short story. And yeah, the two characters are quite the opposite in Snicket's book. He's got plenty more fascinating snippets like these hidden in the rest of the series too.)
7. Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Seventh - The Vile Village
8. Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Eighth - The Hostile Hospital
9. Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Ninth- The Carnivorous Carnival
10. Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Tenth - The Slippery Slope
11. Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Eleventh - The Grim Grotto
12. Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Twelfth- The Penultimate Peril
13. Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Thirteenth - The End