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50 Books That Changed & Expanded a Life

Books that I have read, starting from childhood, that changed the way I looked at the world. Many even after repeated readings still find a way to move my heart and expand my consciousness.
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The House of Sixty Fathers (Meindert Dejong)
The House of Sixty Fathers
1
Meindert Dejong
The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
The Secret Garden
2
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little House on the Prairie (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House on the Prairie
3
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Harriet the Spy (Louise Fitzhugh)
Harriet the Spy
4
Louise Fitzhugh
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
5
Madeleine L'engle
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
6
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
7
C.S. Lewis
Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
8
J.R.R. Tolkien
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
9
Hermann Hesse
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
10
Charles Darwin
The Bible (Anonymous)
The Bible
11
Anonymous
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
12
Allen Ginsberg
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
13
Maya Angelou
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
14
Alice Walker
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
15
John Knowles
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
16
Kurt Vonnegut
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
17
Ernest Hemingway
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
18
Frank McCourt
First They Killed My Father (Loung Ung)
First They Killed My Father
19
Loung Ung
Black Girl in Paris (Shay Youngblood)
Black Girl in Paris
20
Shay Youngblood
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
21
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pictures of the Gone World (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)
Pictures of the Gone World
22
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
23
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Twenty Love Poems
Twenty Love Poems
24
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
25
Jack Kerouac
River, Cross My Heart
River, Cross My Heart
26
Peachtree Road
Peachtree Road
27
The Artist's Way
The Artist's Way
28
On Writing (Stephen King)
On Writing
29
Stephen King
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
30
Henry Miller
Love Story (Erich Segal)
Love Story
31
Erich Segal
Women in Love (D.H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
32
D.H. Lawrence
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
33
Laura Esquivel
The Art of Seduction
The Art of Seduction
34
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
35
George Orwell
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
36
J.D. Salinger
Wild (Cheryl Strayed)
Wild
37
Cheryl Strayed
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
38
Mary Shelley
My First Summer in the Sierra (John Muir)
My First Summer in the Sierra
39
John Muir
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
40
Henry David Thoreau
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