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Books Acquired With Intention

I have lots of books, but I feel like most of them were just passed on to me. Not that I haven't been given some great books, but these are a bunch of books that I looked for and acquired with intention.
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100 Selected Poems
100 Selected Poems
1
84, Charing Cross Road (Helene Hanff)
84, Charing Cross Road
2
Helene Hanff
Agee, James: A Death in the Family
Agee, James: A Death in the Family
3
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Helene Tursten)
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
4
Helene Tursten
And the Pursuit of Happiness
And the Pursuit of Happiness
5
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
6
George Orwell
Beatlebone (Kevin Barry)
Beatlebone
7
Kevin Barry
The Best of Adam Sharp (Graeme Simsion)
The Best of Adam Sharp
8
Graeme Simsion
The Big Sleep (Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
9
Raymond Chandler
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolfo Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
10
Rudolfo Anaya
Body Snatcher (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Body Snatcher
11
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
12
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
13
Truman Capote
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
14
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A Bunch of Pretty Things I Did Not Buy (Sarah Lazarovic)
A Bunch of Pretty Things I Did Not Buy
15
Sarah Lazarovic
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennessee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
16
Tennessee Williams
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
17
Joseph Heller
Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
Cathedral
18
Raymond Carver
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
19
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
20
Charles Dickens
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
21
Alice Walker
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
22
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
The Complete Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
The Complete Persepolis
23
Marjane Satrapi
Complete Poems of Dorothy Parker (Dorothy Parker)
Complete Poems of Dorothy Parker
24
Dorothy Parker
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
25
Alexandre Dumas
Crossing to Safety (Wallace Stegner)
Crossing to Safety
26
Wallace Stegner
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
27
Leo Tolstoy
Dial M for Murder (Frederick Knott)
Dial M for Murder
28
Frederick Knott
Diary of a Nobody (George and Weedon Grossmith)
Diary of a Nobody
29
George and Weedon Grossmith
Doyle, Roddy: The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
Doyle, Roddy: The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
30
Duino Elegies (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Duino Elegies
31
Rainer Maria Rilke
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds Paul Zindel
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds Paul Zindel
32
The Essential Rumi (Rumi)
The Essential Rumi
33
Rumi
Fear of Flying (Erica Jong)
Fear of Flying
34
Erica Jong
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
35
Mary Shelley
The Friend (Sigrid Nunez)
The Friend
36
Sigrid Nunez
The Gashlycrumb Tinies (Edward Gorey)
The Gashlycrumb Tinies
37
Edward Gorey
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Anita Loos)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
38
Anita Loos
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
39
Tennessee Williams
Go Ask Alice (Anonymous)
Go Ask Alice
40
Anonymous
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