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Some Formative Books for Bananas

The first hundred books I thought of that live rent-free in my brain or molded my thinking or taste in books somehow, and were already present in the list challenges database (I declined to make custom items for such illustrious books as Dinosaur James, How to Grow More Vegetables, and Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac), limiting myself generally to one per author, listing the first in a series if many books in the series were important to me.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
2
Virgil
Alanna: The First Adventure (Tamora Pierce)
Alanna: The First Adventure
3
Tamora Pierce
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
4
Agatha Christie
Animorphs
Animorphs
5
The Bad Beginning (Lemony Snicket)
The Bad Beginning
6
Lemony Snicket
Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying
Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying
7
The Berenstain Bears and the Bad Dream (Stan and Jan Berenstain)
The Berenstain Bears and the Bad Dream
8
Stan and Jan Berenstain
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Barbara Robinson)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
9
Barbara Robinson
The Black Cauldron (Lloyd Alexander)
The Black Cauldron
10
Lloyd Alexander
The Blessing Way (Tony Hillerman)
The Blessing Way
11
Tony Hillerman
The Boxcar Children (Gertrude Chandler Warner)
The Boxcar Children
12
Gertrude Chandler Warner
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
13
Aldous Huxley
Cam Jansen Series (David A. Adler)
Cam Jansen Series
14
David A. Adler
Castle (David Macaulay)
Castle
15
David Macaulay
The Cat That Went to Paris
The Cat That Went to Paris
16
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
17
E.B. White
A Child's Christmas in Wales (Dylan Thomas)
A Child's Christmas in Wales
18
Dylan Thomas
The Color of Magic (Terry Pratchett)
The Color of Magic
19
Terry Pratchett
The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales (Brothers Grimm)
The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
20
Brothers Grimm
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
21
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe (Edgar Allen Poe)
The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
22
Edgar Allen Poe
The Crab With the Golden Claws
The Crab With the Golden Claws
23
Crystal and Gem (DK Eyewitness Books) (R.F. Symes and R.R. Harding)
Crystal and Gem (DK Eyewitness Books)
24
R.F. Symes and R.R. Harding
The Dark Is Rising (Susan Cooper)
The Dark Is Rising
25
Susan Cooper
Dark Phoenix Saga (Stuart Moore)
Dark Phoenix Saga
26
Stuart Moore
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash (Trinka Hakes Noble)
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
27
Trinka Hakes Noble
Dealing With Dragons (Patricia C. Wrede)
Dealing With Dragons
28
Patricia C. Wrede
Deathnote 1 (Tsugumi Ohba)
Deathnote 1
29
Tsugumi Ohba
Deep Secret (Diana Wynne Jones)
Deep Secret
30
Diana Wynne Jones
Dinotopia (James Gurney)
Dinotopia
31
James Gurney
The Dog Who Rescues Cats: The True Story of Ginny (Philip Gonzalez)
The Dog Who Rescues Cats: The True Story of Ginny
32
Philip Gonzalez
The Doubtful Guest (Edward Gorey)
The Doubtful Guest
33
Edward Gorey
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
34
Bram Stoker
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
35
Frank Herbert
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm (Nancy Farmer)
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
36
Nancy Farmer
Eloise (Kay Thompson)
Eloise
37
Kay Thompson
Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective (Donald J. Sobol)
Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective
38
Donald J. Sobol
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
39
Orson Scott Card
Ex Libris (Anne Fadiman)
Ex Libris
40
Anne Fadiman
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