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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
Meindert Dejong
2
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden
3
Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie
4
Harriet the Spy
Harriet the Spy
5
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time
6
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
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The Chronicles of Narnia
The Chronicles of Narnia
8
Lord of the Rings
Lord of the Rings
9
Siddharta
Siddharta
10
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
11
The Bible
The Bible
12
Howl
Howl
13
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
14
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
15
A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace
16
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
17
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
18
Angela's Ashes
Angela's Ashes
19
First They Killed My Father
First They Killed My Father
20
Black Girl in Paris (Shay Youngblood)
Black Girl in Paris
Shay Youngblood
21
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
22
Pictures of the Gone World (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)
Pictures of the Gone World
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
23
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
F. Scott Fitzgerald
24
Twenty Love Poems
Twenty Love Poems
25
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
26
River, Cross My Heart
River, Cross My Heart
27
Peachtree Road
Peachtree Road
28
The Artist'S Way
The Artist'S Way
29
On Writing
On Writing
30
Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller)
Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller
31
Love Story
Love Story
32
Women in Love (D.H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
D.H. Lawrence
33
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
34
The Art of Seduction
The Art of Seduction
35
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
36
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
37
Wild
Wild
38
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
39
My First Summer in the Sierra (John Muir)
My First Summer in the Sierra
John Muir
40
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
Henry David Thoreau
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