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Goldenrod's Top Literary Influences

Here, I think, are the main literary influences on my writing and on my life! I totally recommend them all.
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Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Blood Meridian
1
Cormac McCarthy
The Violent Bear It Away (Flannery O'Connor)
The Violent Bear It Away
2
Flannery O'Connor
The Girls of Slender Means (Muriel Spark)
The Girls of Slender Means
3
Muriel Spark
Confessions (Saint Augustine)
Confessions
4
Saint Augustine
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
5
Kate Chopin
The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise (Robert Cardinal Sarah)
The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise
6
Robert Cardinal Sarah
The Irony of Modern Catholic History (George Weigel)
The Irony of Modern Catholic History
7
George Weigel
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
8
Leo Tolstoy
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
9
Charlotte Bronte
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
10
William Shakespeare
Erasure (Percival Everett)
Erasure
11
Percival Everett
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
12
Ralph Ellison
Future Home of the Living God (Louise Erdrich)
Future Home of the Living God
13
Louise Erdrich
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse (Louise Erdrich)
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
14
Louise Erdrich
The Sentence (Louise Erdrich)
The Sentence
15
Louise Erdrich
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
16
Herman Melville
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
17
William Shakespeare
Flannery O'Connor: Collected Works (Flannery O'Connor)
Flannery O'Connor: Collected Works
18
Flannery O'Connor
Plague Journal
Plague Journal
19
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
20
Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)
Catching Fire
21
Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)
Mockingjay
22
Suzanne Collins
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
23
John Steinbeck
Amadeus
Amadeus
24
Abel Sanchez (Miguel De Unamuno)
Abel Sanchez
25
Miguel De Unamuno
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
26
Graham Greene
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
27
George Orwell
Titus Andronicus (William Shakespeare)
Titus Andronicus
28
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
29
William Shakespeare
Made for Love (Fr. Michael Schmitz)
Made for Love
30
Fr. Michael Schmitz
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
31
Oscar Wilde
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
32
Jane Austen
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
33
Jane Austen
Spontaneous (Aaron Starmer)
Spontaneous
34
Aaron Starmer
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
35
John Milton
The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan)
The Feminine Mystique
36
Betty Friedan
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
37
Anonymous
On the Banks of Plum Creek (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
On the Banks of Plum Creek
38
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Cinder (Marissa Meyer)
Cinder
39
Marissa Meyer
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
40
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