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A Poet's Favorite Books

In the fall of 2018, I start working towards a Master of Fine Arts in Poetry. From childhood on these are 100 of the books that have stayed with me and made me want to be a writer.
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Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
1
Hermann Hesse
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
2
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
3
C.S. Lewis
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
4
Madeleine L'engle
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
5
Carson McCullers
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
6
Cheryl Strayed
A Little Princess (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
A Little Princess
7
Frances Hodgson Burnett
My First Summer in the Sierra (John Muir)
My First Summer in the Sierra
8
John Muir
Playing House (Frederica Wagman)
Playing House
9
Frederica Wagman
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
10
John Knowles
Little House on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House on the Prairie
11
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
12
Ernest Hemingway
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
13
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
14
Louisa May Alcott
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
15
Shirley Jackson
The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II (Svetlana Alexievich)
The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II
16
Svetlana Alexievich
Women Who Run With the Wolves (Clarissa Pinkola Estes)
Women Who Run With the Wolves
17
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
The Dance of Anger (Lerner)
The Dance of Anger
18
Lerner
Stories From the Great Metropolitan Opera (Helen Dike)
Stories From the Great Metropolitan Opera
19
Helen Dike
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
20
F. Scott Fitzgerald
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
21
Maya Angelou
First They Killed My Father (Loung Ung)
First They Killed My Father
22
Loung Ung
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
23
Oscar Wilde
Diving Into the Wreck
Diving Into the Wreck
24
Ariel (Sylvia Plath)
Ariel
25
Sylvia Plath
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
26
Frank McCourt
Women in Love (D.H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
27
D.H. Lawrence
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
28
D.H. Lawrence
Sonnets (Shakespeare)
Sonnets
29
Shakespeare
Arrows of the Queen (Merceds Lackey)
Arrows of the Queen
30
Merceds Lackey
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
31
Allen Ginsberg
Pictures of the Gone World (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)
Pictures of the Gone World
32
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
20 Poemas De Amor Y Una Cancion Desesperada De Pablo Neruda
20 Poemas De Amor Y Una Cancion Desesperada De Pablo Neruda
33
The Black Stallion (Walter Farley)
The Black Stallion
34
Walter Farley
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
35
Kurt Vonnegut
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
36
J.D. Salinger
Tender (Belinda McKeon)
Tender
37
Belinda McKeon
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
38
Alice Walker
The Light Between Oceans (M.L. Stedman)
The Light Between Oceans
39
M.L. Stedman
Black Girl in Paris (Shay Youngblood)
Black Girl in Paris
40
Shay Youngblood
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