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Delphi's Formative Reading

A list of books that were formative to me on a personal level or as a writer - mostly ones read from elementary school to grad school, with a few later stragglers. Not a recs list, just a retrospective.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
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George Orwell
Almanac of the Uncanny (Reader's Digest Association)
Almanac of the Uncanny
2
Reader's Digest Association
Animal Man (Grant Morrison)
Animal Man
3
Grant Morrison
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
4
Gertrude Stein
Beautiful Losers (Leonard Cohen)
Beautiful Losers
5
Leonard Cohen
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
6
Toni Morrison
Bordertown (Terri Windling)
Bordertown
7
Terri Windling
Butch Is a Noun (S. Bear Bergman)
Butch Is a Noun
8
S. Bear Bergman
The Callahan Chronicles (Spider Robinson)
The Callahan Chronicles
9
Spider Robinson
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
10
Joseph Heller
The City and the City (China Mieville)
The City and the City
11
China Mieville
City of Night (John Rechy)
City of Night
12
John Rechy
The Collector (John Fowles)
The Collector
13
John Fowles
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
14
Alice Walker
The Crow
The Crow
15
Cry to Heaven (Anne Rice)
Cry to Heaven
16
Anne Rice
Cuckoo's Egg (C. J. Cherryh)
Cuckoo's Egg
17
C. J. Cherryh
Danny the Champion of the World (Roald Dahl)
Danny the Champion of the World
18
Roald Dahl
Deliver Us From Evie (M.E. Kerr)
Deliver Us From Evie
19
M.E. Kerr
Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Dhalgren
20
Samuel R. Delany
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (Donald J. Sobol)
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
21
Donald J. Sobol
Enigma (Peter Milligan)
Enigma
22
Peter Milligan
The Essential Rumi (Jalal Al-Din Rumi)
The Essential Rumi
23
Jalal Al-Din Rumi
Favourite Tales From Grimm and Andersen (Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen)
Favourite Tales From Grimm and Andersen
24
Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen
Fire From Heaven (Mary Renault)
Fire From Heaven
25
Mary Renault
The Forgotten Door (Alexander Key)
The Forgotten Door
26
Alexander Key
The Freddie Stories (Lynda Barry)
The Freddie Stories
27
Lynda Barry
Free to Be…A Family Marlo Thomas With Christopher Cerf and Letty Cottin Pogrebin (Marlo Thomas With Christopher Cerf and Letty Cott)
Free to Be…A Family Marlo Thomas With Christopher Cerf and Letty Cottin Pogrebin
28
Marlo Thomas With Christopher Cerf and Letty Cott
Free Your Mind: The Book for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth and Their Allies (Ellen Bass)
Free Your Mind: The Book for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth and Their Allies
29
Ellen Bass
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café (Fannie Flagg)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café
30
Fannie Flagg
Friends of Maxx (Sam Keith)
Friends of Maxx
31
Sam Keith
The Front Runner (Patricia Nell Warren)
The Front Runner
32
Patricia Nell Warren
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
33
Alison Bechdel
Gender Failure (Rae Spoon)
Gender Failure
34
Rae Spoon
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
35
James Baldwin
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
36
Lois Lowry
The God Stories (Leila Berg)
The God Stories
37
Leila Berg
Griffin and Sabine (Nick Bantock)
Griffin and Sabine
38
Nick Bantock
The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
The Gunslinger
39
Stephen King
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
40
Margaret Atwood
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