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25 Favorite Books Shay Has Read, in Ranked Order

These are the 25 books that have meant the most to me in my life. My "desert island books", if you will. Every one of these books has done something to shape who I am today, made me think and feel and reassess what I thought I knew about everything.
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East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
1
John Steinbeck
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
2
D.H. Lawrence
The Poetry of Emily Dickinson
The Poetry of Emily Dickinson
3
Gypsy Ballads
Gypsy Ballads
4
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
5
J.D. Salinger
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
6
Allen Ginsberg
The Price of Salt (Patricia Highsmith)
The Price of Salt
7
Patricia Highsmith
Olivia (Dorothy Strachey)
Olivia
8
Dorothy Strachey
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
9
Jack Kerouac
Ordinary People (Judith Guest)
Ordinary People
10
Judith Guest
The Shining (Stephen King)
The Shining
11
Stephen King
The Myth of You and Me (Leah Stewart)
The Myth of You and Me
12
Leah Stewart
Second Heaven (Judith Guest)
Second Heaven
13
Judith Guest
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Victor Hugo)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
14
Victor Hugo
Pages for You (Sylvia Brownrigg)
Pages for You
15
Sylvia Brownrigg
Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (Donald Barthelme)
Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts
16
Donald Barthelme
Complete Poems of Stephen Crane
Complete Poems of Stephen Crane
17
The Lady of Shalott
The Lady of Shalott
18
Mom Kills Kids and Self (Alan Saperstein)
Mom Kills Kids and Self
19
Alan Saperstein
Curious Wine
Curious Wine
20
Keeping You a Secret
Keeping You a Secret
21
Stories: Anton Chekhov (Anton Chekhov)
Stories: Anton Chekhov
22
Anton Chekhov
Losing Julia (Jonathan Hull)
Losing Julia
23
Jonathan Hull
Apple Tree (John Galsworthy)
Apple Tree
24
John Galsworthy
The Open Boat (Stephen Crane)
The Open Boat
25
Stephen Crane
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