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Top 100 Personal Canon Books

The top 100 books that have stuck in my head someway, somehow, and that have informed my thinking, art, study, or way of life.
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99 Ways to Tell a Story (Matt Madden)
99 Ways to Tell a Story
1
Matt Madden
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
2
Miller
A Contract With God (Will Eisner)
A Contract With God
3
Will Eisner
A Landscape With Dragons (O'Brien)
A Landscape With Dragons
4
O'Brien
A Philidelphia Catholic in King Jame's Court (Martin De Porres Kennedy)
A Philidelphia Catholic in King Jame's Court
5
Martin De Porres Kennedy
Abuse of Language - Abuse of Power (Josef Pieper)
Abuse of Language - Abuse of Power
6
Josef Pieper
Aha! Gotcha: Paradoxes to Puzzle and Delight (Marting Gardner)
Aha! Gotcha: Paradoxes to Puzzle and Delight
7
Marting Gardner
An Exorcist Explains the Demonic (Fr. Gabriele Amorth)
An Exorcist Explains the Demonic
8
Fr. Gabriele Amorth
An Exorcist Tells His Story (Fr. Gabriele Amorth)
An Exorcist Tells His Story
9
Fr. Gabriele Amorth
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
10
Aldous Huxley
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
11
Evelyn Waugh
Bringing Up Geeks: How to Protect Your Kid's Childhood in a Grow-Up-Too-Fast World (Marybeth Hicks)
Bringing Up Geeks: How to Protect Your Kid's Childhood in a Grow-Up-Too-Fast World
12
Marybeth Hicks
Calvin and Hobbes Collections (Bill Watterson)
Calvin and Hobbes Collections
13
Bill Watterson
Capital Murder (David Crump and George Jacobs)
Capital Murder
14
David Crump and George Jacobs
Chuck Amuck (Chuck Jones)
Chuck Amuck
15
Chuck Jones
Comrade Don Camillo (Giovanni Guareschi)
Comrade Don Camillo
16
Giovanni Guareschi
Disorientation: How to Go to College Without Losing Your Mind (John Zmirak)
Disorientation: How to Go to College Without Losing Your Mind
17
John Zmirak
Drawing With Children: A Creative Method for Adult Beginners, Too (Brooks, Mona)
Drawing With Children: A Creative Method for Adult Beginners, Too
18
Brooks, Mona
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
19
Ray Bradbury
Flannery O'Conner the Complete Stories (Flannery O'Conner)
Flannery O'Conner the Complete Stories
20
Flannery O'Conner
Francie on the Run (Hilda Van Stockum)
Francie on the Run
21
Hilda Van Stockum
From the Depths of Our Hearts: Priesthood, Celibacy and the Crisis of the Catholic Church (Pope Benedict XVI & Cardinal Robert Sarah)
From the Depths of Our Hearts: Priesthood, Celibacy and the Crisis of the Catholic Church
22
Pope Benedict XVI & Cardinal Robert Sarah
Grape Thief (Kristine L. Franklin)
Grape Thief
23
Kristine L. Franklin
Handbook of Christian Apologetics (Peter Kreeft & Ronald K. Tacelli)
Handbook of Christian Apologetics
24
Peter Kreeft & Ronald K. Tacelli
Hold on to Your Kids (Gabor Mate)
Hold on to Your Kids
25
Gabor Mate
How to Get Your Point Across in 30 Seconds or Less (Milo O. Frank)
How to Get Your Point Across in 30 Seconds or Less
26
Milo O. Frank
How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Thomas C. Foster)
How to Read Literature Like a Professor
27
Thomas C. Foster
How to Read Novels Like a Professor (Thomas C. Foster)
How to Read Novels Like a Professor
28
Thomas C. Foster
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk (Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish)
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk
29
Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
In Soft Garments: A Collection of Oxford Conferences (Ronald Knox)
In Soft Garments: A Collection of Oxford Conferences
30
Ronald Knox
Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters (Abigail Shrier)
Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters
31
Abigail Shrier
Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories Vol. 1 (Isaac Asimov)
Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories Vol. 1
32
Isaac Asimov
Jephthah's Children: The Innocent Casualties of Same-Sex Parenting (Robert Oscar Lopez & Brittany Klein)
Jephthah's Children: The Innocent Casualties of Same-Sex Parenting
33
Robert Oscar Lopez & Brittany Klein
Leaf by Niggle (J. R. R. Tolkien)
Leaf by Niggle
34
J. R. R. Tolkien
Leisure: The Basis of Culture (Josef Pieper)
Leisure: The Basis of Culture
35
Josef Pieper
Less Than Words Can Say (Richard Mitchell)
Less Than Words Can Say
36
Richard Mitchell
Little House Series (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House Series
37
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Looking at Philosophy: The Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy Made Lighter (Donald D. Palmer)
Looking at Philosophy: The Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy Made Lighter
38
Donald D. Palmer
Lord of the World (Robert Hugh Benson)
Lord of the World
39
Robert Hugh Benson
Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book (Walker Percy)
Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book
40
Walker Percy
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