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Portrait of the Reader as a Young Man: Books With a Lasting Impact: Fiction & Poetry - Page 2

Our maverick English Teacher and immanent septuagenarian finds himself in a reflective mood and looks back at how he became the book nerd he now is. He has come up with books that had a marked influence on him some where between the ages of 5 and 21. He could have kept going, but he wanted to keep the list manageable so that people would actually finish it. As an added bonus, he has endeavored to picture the edition he actually read way back when, so that even if one has never heard of the books, one still has some wonderful vintage covers to look at.
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The Greek Passion (Kazantzakis)
The Greek Passion
41
Kazantzakis
The Guns of Navarone (MacLean)
The Guns of Navarone
42
MacLean
Heart of Darkness (Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
43
Conrad
The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
44
Greene
The Hobbit (Tolkien)
The Hobbit
45
Tolkien
The Horse Soldiers (Harold Sinclair)
The Horse Soldiers
46
Harold Sinclair
Horton Hatches the Egg (Dr. Seuss)
Horton Hatches the Egg
47
Dr. Seuss
Horton Hears a Who! (Dr. Seuss)
Horton Hears a Who!
48
Dr. Seuss
The House at Pooh Corner (A.A. Milne)
The House at Pooh Corner
49
A.A. Milne
The House of the Seven Gables (Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
50
Hawthorne
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (Dr. Seuss)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
51
Dr. Seuss
Howl and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl and Other Poems
52
Allen Ginsberg
The Iliad (Rieu (Trans.))
The Iliad
53
Rieu (Trans.)
The Illustrated Man (Bradbury)
The Illustrated Man
54
Bradbury
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash (Shepherd)
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash
55
Shepherd
Johnny Tremain (Esther Forbes)
Johnny Tremain
56
Esther Forbes
Journey Into Fear (Ambler)
Journey Into Fear
57
Ambler
Judgement on Deltchev (Ambler)
Judgement on Deltchev
58
Ambler
The Last Englishman (Hebe Weenolsen)
The Last Englishman
59
Hebe Weenolsen
Listen to the Warm (Rod McKuen)
Listen to the Warm
60
Rod McKuen
Lonesome Cities (Rod McKuen)
Lonesome Cities
61
Rod McKuen
The Long Ships (Bengtsson)
The Long Ships
62
Bengtsson
Lord Hornblower (Forester)
Lord Hornblower
63
Forester
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
64
William Golding
Lord of Light
Lord of Light
65
The Maltese Falcon (Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
66
Hammett
The Martian Chronicles (Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
67
Bradbury
Moby Dick (Melville)
Moby Dick
68
Melville
Mythology (Hamilton)
Mythology
69
Hamilton
Night of Camp David (Knebel)
Night of Camp David
70
Knebel
The Night of the Generals (Kirst)
The Night of the Generals
71
Kirst
No Blade of Grass (John Christopher)
No Blade of Grass
72
John Christopher
Northwest Passage (Roberts)
Northwest Passage
73
Roberts
The Odyssey (Rieu (Trans.))
The Odyssey
74
Rieu (Trans.)
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
75
John Steinbeck
The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
76
Hemingway
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
77
Solzhenitsyn
The Ox-Bow Incident (Clark, Walter Van Tilburg)
The Ox-Bow Incident
78
Clark, Walter Van Tilburg
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
79
E.M. Forster
Pictures From Breughel (William Carlos Williams)
Pictures From Breughel
80
William Carlos Williams
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