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66 Years of Favorite Books: A Reminiscence

I was born 71 years ago; I learned to read when I was five. My grandmother was a second grade teacher, both my parents went to college, and I got my first library card when I was 7. Books have been a huge part of my work life and my personal life. So, I randomly started listing books that I remembered fondly as they occurred to me - some had been required reading and some had been read purely for pleasure. I reached 200 and stopped; if I hadn't, I'd have kept going into the thousands. These are not all of my favorite books, but they were the first that came to mind when I asked myself what were.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes/The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1
Arthur Conan Doyle
Alas Babylon (Frank)
Alas Babylon
2
Frank
American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
American Gods
3
Neil Gaiman
Andersen's Fairy Tales (Illustrated Junior Library)
Andersen's Fairy Tales
4
Illustrated Junior Library
Another Roadside Attraction (Robbins)
Another Roadside Attraction
5
Robbins
August 1914 (Solzhenitsyn)
August 1914
6
Solzhenitsyn
B.C. (Johnny Hart)
B.C.
7
Johnny Hart
Background to Danger (Ambler)
Background to Danger
8
Ambler
Banner in the Sky (James Ullman)
Banner in the Sky
9
James Ullman
Beowulf (Wright -Trans)
Beowulf
10
Wright -Trans
The Big Nowhere (James Ellroy)
The Big Nowhere
11
James Ellroy
The Big Sleep (Chandler)
The Big Sleep
12
Chandler
The Bitter Woods (Eisenhower)
The Bitter Woods
13
Eisenhower
The Black Dahlia (James Ellroy)
The Black Dahlia
14
James Ellroy
Bloom County, the Complete Library
Bloom County, the Complete Library
15
The Blue Max (Hunter)
The Blue Max
16
Hunter
Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
17
Kurt Vonnegut
Brothers in Arms (Kirst)
Brothers in Arms
18
Kirst
A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
A Burnt Out Case
19
Greene
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
20
Miller
Carmilla (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
21
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Carrion Comfort (Simmons)
Carrion Comfort
22
Simmons
The Cat in the Hat (Dr. Seuss)
The Cat in the Hat
23
Dr. Seuss
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
24
Kurt Vonnegut
Cause for Alarm (Ambler)
Cause for Alarm
25
Ambler
Children of the Night
Children of the Night
26
The Chronicles of Amber
The Chronicles of Amber
27
Civilization (Clark)
Civilization
28
Clark
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
29
Ambler
Collected Poems of T.S. Eliot (T.S. Eliot)
Collected Poems of T.S. Eliot
30
T.S. Eliot
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats (W.B. Yeats)
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
31
W.B. Yeats
The Comedians (Greene)
The Comedians
32
Greene
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
33
Ernest Hemingway
Connections (Burke)
Connections
34
Burke
Coyote Blue (Christopher Moore)
Coyote Blue
35
Christopher Moore
The Crook Factory (Simmons)
The Crook Factory
36
Simmons
Custer's Last Stand (Reynolds)
Custer's Last Stand
37
Reynolds
The Dance of Genghis Cohn (Gary)
The Dance of Genghis Cohn
38
Gary
Dangerous Visions (Harlan Ellison)
Dangerous Visions
39
Harlan Ellison
The Day the Universe Changed (Burke)
The Day the Universe Changed
40
Burke
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