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A Lifetime of 5-Star Reads

From middle school until adulthood, here are the 5-star books (on my Goodreads) that shaped my life, from middle grade fantasy to grownup epics, and from familiar classics to relatively unknown novels
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Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
Where the Wild Things Are
1
Maurice Sendak
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
2
J.K. Rowling
Howl's Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones)
Howl's Moving Castle
3
Diana Wynne Jones
About a Boy by Nick Hornby
About a Boy by Nick Hornby
4
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
5
Thornton Wilder
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
6
Richard Wright
The Testaments (Margaret Atwood)
The Testaments
7
Margaret Atwood
Uglies (Scott Westerfeld)
Uglies
8
Scott Westerfeld
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
9
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Peter and the Starcatchers (Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson)
Peter and the Starcatchers
10
Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Shadow of the Wind
11
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Where the Sidewalk Ends (Shel Silverstein)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
12
Shel Silverstein
World Without End (Ken Follett)
World Without End
13
Ken Follett
Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
Hunger Games
14
Suzanne Collins
Abarat (Clive Barker)
Abarat
15
Clive Barker
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
16
Louisa May Alcott
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
17
Angela Carter
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
18
Roald Dahl
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America (Michael Eric Dyson)
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
19
Michael Eric Dyson
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
20
William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
21
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
22
William Shakespeare
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
23
Khaled Hosseini
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Diaz)
The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
24
Junot Diaz
Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)
Pachinko
25
Min Jin Lee
The Name of the Wind (Patrick Rothfuss)
The Name of the Wind
26
Patrick Rothfuss
The Priory of the Orange Tree (Samantha Shannon)
The Priory of the Orange Tree
27
Samantha Shannon
A Light in the Attic (Shel Silverstein)
A Light in the Attic
28
Shel Silverstein
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
29
Angie Thomas
Falling Up (Shel Silverstein)
Falling Up
30
Shel Silverstein
100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
100 Years of Solitude
31
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
Strangers in Their Own Land (Arlie Russell Hochschild)
Strangers in Their Own Land
32
Arlie Russell Hochschild
Castle in the Attic (Winthrop, Elizabeth)
Castle in the Attic
33
Winthrop, Elizabeth
Ella Enchanted (Gail Carson Levine)
Ella Enchanted
34
Gail Carson Levine
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
35
Khaled Hosseini
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
36
Alice Walker
James and the Giant Peach (Roald Dahl)
James and the Giant Peach
37
Roald Dahl
The Wyrd Museum Series (Robin Jarvis)
The Wyrd Museum Series
38
Robin Jarvis
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
39
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
40
Allen Ginsberg
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