The namesake of the series and the TV show is ironically my least favorite Little House book. Don't get me wrong, I still love it, but if you asked me which book to read of the series, this would not be it. It just doesn't tug at my heartstrings the way the others do. 
 That being said, it is still an amazing book. It's very seldom that an author gives you the vivid pictures that Laura Ingalls Wilder does. She writes so vividly and simply at the same time, that you're immediately transported back to her time.