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MJJ's 100 Influential Books - Page 2

I had to dig deep for the early books. 1-70 take me to my early 20s. 71-100 are up to my early 30s. Had to exclude some yucky authors and several biographies of Nureyev that no one has heard of. But these are by and large what has stuck with me into old age.
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In His Own Write (John Lennon)
In His Own Write
41
John Lennon
Jane of Lantern Hill (L.M. Montgomery)
Jane of Lantern Hill
42
L.M. Montgomery
The Ides of March (Thornton Wilder)
The Ides of March
43
Thornton Wilder
Asterix Et Cléopâtre (R. Goscinny, A. Uderzo)
Asterix Et Cléopâtre
44
R. Goscinny, A. Uderzo
Warrior Scarlet (Rosemary Sutcliff)
Warrior Scarlet
45
Rosemary Sutcliff
Lambda I and Other Stories (John Carnell)
Lambda I and Other Stories
46
John Carnell
Cue for Treason (Geoffrey Trease)
Cue for Treason
47
Geoffrey Trease
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
48
Jane Austen
Mistress Pat (L.M. Montgomery)
Mistress Pat
49
L.M. Montgomery
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
50
The Moon of Gomrath (Alan Garner)
The Moon of Gomrath
51
Alan Garner
The Agony and the Ecstasy (Irving Stone)
The Agony and the Ecstasy
52
Irving Stone
Look Homeward, Angel (Thomas Wolfe)
Look Homeward, Angel
53
Thomas Wolfe
The Nine Billion Names of God (Arthur C. Clarke)
The Nine Billion Names of God
54
Arthur C. Clarke
Stormbringer
Stormbringer
55
Silverlock (John Myers Myers)
Silverlock
56
John Myers Myers
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Hamlet
57
Shakespeare
Claudine at School
Claudine at School
58
A Walk Out of the World (Ruth Nichols)
A Walk Out of the World
59
Ruth Nichols
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
60
Sei Shonagon
As I Crossed the Bridge of Dreams (Lady Sarashina)
As I Crossed the Bridge of Dreams
61
Lady Sarashina
The Players and the Rebels (Antonia Forest)
The Players and the Rebels
62
Antonia Forest
The Sun King (Nancy Mitford)
The Sun King
63
Nancy Mitford
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
64
Anonymous
Gilgamesh (Anonymus)
Gilgamesh
65
Anonymus
The Tain (Trans. and Adapt. by Thomas Kinsella)
The Tain
66
Trans. and Adapt. by Thomas Kinsella
The Apology of Socrates (Plato)
The Apology of Socrates
67
Plato
Selected Letters of Horace Walpole (Horace Walpole)
Selected Letters of Horace Walpole
68
Horace Walpole
Phaedo
Phaedo
69
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader (Dorothy Whitelock)
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
70
Dorothy Whitelock
Civilisation (Kenneth Clark)
Civilisation
71
Kenneth Clark
The Complete Essays of Montaigne
The Complete Essays of Montaigne
72
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser (Series) (Fritz Leiber)
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser (Series)
73
Fritz Leiber
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
74
Jane Austen
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
75
Vladimir Nabokov
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (Patricia A. McKillip)
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
76
Patricia A. McKillip
The Way of the World (William Congreve)
The Way of the World
77
William Congreve
Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Kidnapped
78
Robert Louis Stevenson
Devil in the Fog (Leon Garfield)
Devil in the Fog
79
Leon Garfield
Poems of Wang Wei (Wang Wei)
Poems of Wang Wei
80
Wang Wei
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