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The Retired English Teacher's 20 Books

"Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. No explanations, no reviews, just covers."
This was hard, and the final result was surprising, even to me.
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1984 (Orwell)
1984
1
Orwell
Beowulf (Crossley-Holland)
Beowulf
2
Crossley-Holland
Büchner: Complete Collected Works (Büchner/Schmidt)
Büchner: Complete Collected Works
3
Büchner/Schmidt
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
4
Miller
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
5
Ambler
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats (W.B. Yeats)
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
6
W.B. Yeats
The Complete Dramatic Works (Samuel Beckett)
The Complete Dramatic Works
7
Samuel Beckett
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer (Conrad (Signet ))
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer
8
Conrad (Signet )
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash (Shepherd)
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash
9
Shepherd
The Martian Chronicles (Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
10
Bradbury
The Name of the Rose (Eco)
The Name of the Rose
11
Eco
Signet Shakespeare (Barnet - Editor)
Signet Shakespeare
12
Barnet - Editor
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Stone)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
13
Stone
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Hemingway)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
14
Hemingway
Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar
15
John Brunner
Starting From San Francisco (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)
Starting From San Francisco
16
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
17
Ernest Hemingway
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
18
Lao-Tzu
Three Novels (Beckett)
Three Novels
19
Beckett
The World of Pooh (A.A. Milne)
The World of Pooh
20
A.A. Milne
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