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Moira's 100 Formative Books - Page 2

A list of the most formative books I can remember, from childhood up until nearly college (17). A lot of single books are standing in for oeuvres, I tried to remember which books I'd read over and over, and which graved the deepest impressions. I'm sure I've forgotten ten for every volume here.
I loved that people were finding the original covers but if I did that 100 times I'd just never finish, so. :-/
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Idylls of the King and a Selection of Poems (Alfred Lord Tennyson)
Idylls of the King and a Selection of Poems
41
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Dante's Divine Comedy
Dante's Divine Comedy
42
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
43
Carson McCullers
The Member of the Wedding (Carson McCullers)
The Member of the Wedding
44
Carson McCullers
Three by Tennessee (Tennessee Williams)
Three by Tennessee
45
Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
46
Tennessee Williams
The Iceman Cometh (Eugene O'Neill)
The Iceman Cometh
47
Eugene O'Neill
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
48
Eugene O'Neill
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
49
Daphne Du Maurier
Zelda (Nancy Milford)
Zelda
50
Nancy Milford
My Mother My Self (Nancy Friday)
My Mother My Self
51
Nancy Friday
Silences (Tillie Olsen)
Silences
52
Tillie Olsen
How to Suppress Women's Writing (Joanna Russ)
How to Suppress Women's Writing
53
Joanna Russ
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
54
Virginia Woolf
The Haunting of Hill House (Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
55
Jackson
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
56
Shirley Jackson
The Magic of Shirley Jackson (Shirley Jackson)
The Magic of Shirley Jackson
57
Shirley Jackson
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
58
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
59
George Orwell
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
60
Aldous Huxley
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
61
Jean Rhys
The Letters of Jean Rhys (Edited by Francis Wyndham and Diana Melly)
The Letters of Jean Rhys
62
Edited by Francis Wyndham and Diana Melly
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
63
George Orwell
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
64
J.D. Salinger
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
65
J.D. Salinger
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
66
J.D. Salinger
Within the Context of No Context (George W.S. Trow)
Within the Context of No Context
67
George W.S. Trow
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
68
Virginia Woolf
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
69
Virginia Woolf
Between the Acts (Virginia Woolf)
Between the Acts
70
Virginia Woolf
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
71
Raymond Chandler
The Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler (Raymond Chandler)
The Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler
72
Raymond Chandler
Letters to a Young Poet: With the Letters to Rilke From the ''Young Poet'' (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Letters to a Young Poet: With the Letters to Rilke From the ''Young Poet''
73
Rainer Maria Rilke
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
74
Lewis Carroll
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
75
Doris Lessing
Junky (William S Burroughs)
Junky
76
William S Burroughs
Winter's Tales
Winter's Tales
77
Letters From the Earth: Uncensored Writings (Mark Twain)
Letters From the Earth: Uncensored Writings
78
Mark Twain
The Journal of Katherine Mansfield (Katherine Mansfield)
The Journal of Katherine Mansfield
79
Katherine Mansfield
Stories by Katherine Mansfield (Katherine Mansfield)
Stories by Katherine Mansfield
80
Katherine Mansfield
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