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The English Teacher's List of Books That Profoundly Affected and Changed His Perceptions

A list of 50 books that have had a major effect on my life, career, and thinking. Since I am primarily literary and theatrical in the ways that I interpret life, the universe, and everything, the majority of the books listed are also literary and theatrical. This is a purely personal list, and explanation is not my intention. For reasons that matter to me, these books have done so much to shape my ideas, my career choices, and my beliefs. I limited the list to 50 in order to force myself to seriously reflect and choose. One result was the realization that I was much more affected by Poetry than I had realized. Hmmm...🤔
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Alcoholics Anonymous- The Big Book, 3rd Ed. (Alcoholics Anonymous)
Alcoholics Anonymous- The Big Book, 3rd Ed.
2
Alcoholics Anonymous
The Anglo Saxon World (Kevin Crossley-Holland)
The Anglo Saxon World
3
Kevin Crossley-Holland
Arthur of Albion (Richard Barber)
Arthur of Albion
4
Richard Barber
Beowulf (Crossley-Holland)
Beowulf
5
Crossley-Holland
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
6
Geoffrey Chaucer
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
7
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
The Caretaker and the Dumbwaiter (Harold Pinter)
The Caretaker and the Dumbwaiter
8
Harold Pinter
Collected Poems by William Butler Yeats
Collected Poems by William Butler Yeats
9
Collected Poems of T.S. Eliot (T.S. Eliot)
Collected Poems of T.S. Eliot
10
T.S. Eliot
Company / Ill Seen Ill Said / Worstward Ho / Stirrings Still (Samuel Beckett)
Company / Ill Seen Ill Said / Worstward Ho / Stirrings Still
11
Samuel Beckett
The Complete Dramatic Works (Samuel Beckett)
The Complete Dramatic Works
12
Samuel Beckett
The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989 (Samuel Beckett)
The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989
13
Samuel Beckett
A Coney Island of the Mind (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)
A Coney Island of the Mind
14
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Connections (Burke)
Connections
15
Burke
Dispatches (Michael Herr)
Dispatches
16
Michael Herr
Doomsday Book (Connie Willis)
Doomsday Book
17
Connie Willis
The Empty Space (Peter Brook)
The Empty Space
18
Peter Brook
Exit the King (Eugène Ionesco)
Exit the King
19
Eugène Ionesco
The Government Inspector (Nikolai Gogol)
The Government Inspector
20
Nikolai Gogol
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Hamlet
21
Shakespeare
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
22
Joseph Conrad
The House at Pooh Corner (A.A.Milne)
The House at Pooh Corner
23
A.A.Milne
Howl (1955) - Allen Ginsberg
Howl (1955) - Allen Ginsberg
24
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
25
Homer
King Lear (Shakespeare (Signet))
King Lear
26
Shakespeare (Signet)
The Lost Weekend (Charles Jackson)
The Lost Weekend
27
Charles Jackson
Lyrical Ballads (William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Lyrical Ballads
28
William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
MacBeth (Shakespeare)
MacBeth
29
Shakespeare
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
30
Ray Bradbury
Metamorphosis (Mary Zimmerman)
Metamorphosis
31
Mary Zimmerman
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
32
Ernest Hemingway
Oedipus the King (Sophocles)
Oedipus the King
33
Sophocles
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
34
John Steinbeck
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich
35
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The Oresteia (Aeschylus)
The Oresteia
36
Aeschylus
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
37
Thornton Wilder
Pictures From Breughel (William Carlos Williams)
Pictures From Breughel
38
William Carlos Williams
Richard III (Kendall)
Richard III
39
Kendall
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Anonymous)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
40
Anonymous
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