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Moira's 100 Formative Books - Page 3

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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Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
81
Henry David Thoreau
A Month in the Country
A Month in the Country
82
Lulu in Hollywood (Louise Brooks)
Lulu in Hollywood
83
Louise Brooks
Save Me the Waltz (Zelda Fitzgerald)
Save Me the Waltz
84
Zelda Fitzgerald
Resurrection - Tolstoy
Resurrection - Tolstoy
85
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
86
Oscar Wilde
De Profundis (Oscar Wilde)
De Profundis
87
Oscar Wilde
Tam Lin by Pamela Dean
Tam Lin by Pamela Dean
88
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
89
Emily Dickinson
The Complete Poems of Emily Bronte (Emily Bronte)
The Complete Poems of Emily Bronte
90
Emily Bronte
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (Lester Bangs)
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung
91
Lester Bangs
Illness as Metaphor (Sontag)
Illness as Metaphor
92
Sontag
The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan)
The Feminine Mystique
93
Betty Friedan
Friend of My Youth (Alice Munro)
Friend of My Youth
94
Alice Munro
The Blue Estuaries: Selected Poems
The Blue Estuaries: Selected Poems
95
The Raj Quartet (Paul Scott)
The Raj Quartet
96
Paul Scott
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
97
Philip K. Dick
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
98
Kurt Vonnegut
The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
99
Simone De Beauvoir
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
100
Margaret Atwood
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