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Books That Shaped a Life (So Far)

The two hundred books that have been meaningful for me, in various ways. These are not necessarily my favourite books (although some are), but they have all been significant in changing the way I thought or introduced me to new things. (OK, 198 books, since I've managed to duplicate two! )
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19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei (Eliot Weinberger)
19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei
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Eliot Weinberger
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
2
George Orwell
84, Charing Cross Road (Helene Hanff)
84, Charing Cross Road
3
Helene Hanff
The Alchemist (Ben Jonson)
The Alchemist
4
Ben Jonson
Alfred the Great: Asser's Life Go King & Other Contemporary Sources (Anonymous)
Alfred the Great: Asser's Life Go King & Other Contemporary Sources
5
Anonymous
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Savage)
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
6
Savage
Anthology of Chinese Literature (Various)
Anthology of Chinese Literature
7
Various
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
8
Sophocles
Approximately in the Key of C (Tony Curtis)
Approximately in the Key of C
9
Tony Curtis
Arthurian Romances (Chrétien De Troyes)
Arthurian Romances
10
Chrétien De Troyes
Battle of Maldon (Crossley-Holland)
Battle of Maldon
11
Crossley-Holland
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
12
Anonymous
Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita
13
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Haruki Murakami)
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
14
Haruki Murakami
The Book of the Duchess (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Book of the Duchess
15
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Book of Margery Kempe
The Book of Margery Kempe
16
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
17
Aldous Huxley
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
18
Geoffrey Chaucer
Castle of Otranto (Walpole)
Castle of Otranto
19
Walpole
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekov)
The Cherry Orchard
20
Anton Chekov
China in Ten Words (Yu Hua)
China in Ten Words
21
Yu Hua
City of Gold and Shadows
City of Gold and Shadows
22
The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain (Han Shan)
The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
23
Han Shan
The Complete Odes and Epodes (Horace)
The Complete Odes and Epodes
24
Horace
Cosmos (Carl Sagan)
Cosmos
25
Carl Sagan
Dance Dance Revolution (Cathy Park Hong)
Dance Dance Revolution
26
Cathy Park Hong
The Death of King Arthur (Anonymous)
The Death of King Arthur
27
Anonymous
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
28
Arthur Miller
Death to the Landlords!
Death to the Landlords!
29
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
30
Giovanni Boccaccio
Demian (Herman Hesse)
Demian
31
Herman Hesse
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
32
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
33
Bram Stoker
Dragonflight (Anne McCaffrey)
Dragonflight
34
Anne McCaffrey
Dragonsinger (Anne McCaffrey)
Dragonsinger
35
Anne McCaffrey
Dragonsong (Anne McCaffrey)
Dragonsong
36
Anne McCaffrey
Dreams and Stones (Magdalena Tulli)
Dreams and Stones
37
Magdalena Tulli
The Earliest English Poems (Various)
The Earliest English Poems
38
Various
Earliest English Poetry (Alexander)
Earliest English Poetry
39
Alexander
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
40
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