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(Mostly) Unassigned Books That Probably Turned Us Into English Literature Majors in College

Let's get off the required reading lists from school. Sure there's an overlap--but what were the important books for you, as opposed to those assigned? Here, childhood through 39 years of confirmed reading addiction, books that got a gen x kid through the wastelands of suburbia, middle school and religious high school, books that got me into College, books that made me an English major, books that have kept me going...the kind of books one returns to again and again.
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D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths
D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths
1
D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths (Ingri D'Aulaire)
D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths
2
Ingri D'Aulaire
The Girl Who Loved the Wind (Jane Yolen)
The Girl Who Loved the Wind
3
Jane Yolen
The Wild Swans (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Wild Swans
4
Hans Christian Andersen
Snow White (The Grimm Brothers and Trina Schart Hyman)
Snow White
5
The Grimm Brothers and Trina Schart Hyman
Hidden Treasures of the Sea (National Geographic Society)
Hidden Treasures of the Sea
6
National Geographic Society
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S.Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
7
C.S.Lewis
Prince Caspian (C.S.Lewis)
Prince Caspian
8
C.S.Lewis
Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S. Lewis)
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
9
C.S. Lewis
The Silver Chair (C. S. Lewis)
The Silver Chair
10
C. S. Lewis
The Horse and His Boy (C.S. Lewis)
The Horse and His Boy
11
C.S. Lewis
The Magicians Nephew (C.S. Lewis)
The Magicians Nephew
12
C.S. Lewis
The Last Battle (C.S. Lewis)
The Last Battle
13
C.S. Lewis
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle (Betty MacDonald)
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle
14
Betty MacDonald
The River at Green Knowe (Lucy M. Boston)
The River at Green Knowe
15
Lucy M. Boston
A Little Princess (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
A Little Princess
16
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
17
Robert Louis Stevenson
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell)
Black Beauty
18
Anna Sewell
The People Could Fly (Virginia Hamilton)
The People Could Fly
19
Virginia Hamilton
Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali (D. T. Niane)
Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali
20
D. T. Niane
Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali (Khephra Burns)
Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali
21
Khephra Burns
The Saturdays (Elizabeth Enright)
The Saturdays
22
Elizabeth Enright
The Four Story Mistake (Elizabeth Enright)
The Four Story Mistake
23
Elizabeth Enright
Then There Were Five (Elizabeth Enright)
Then There Were Five
24
Elizabeth Enright
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (Alice Caldwell Hegan)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
25
Alice Caldwell Hegan
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Mildred D. Taylor)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
26
Mildred D. Taylor
Let the Circle Be Unbroken (Mildred Taylor)
Let the Circle Be Unbroken
27
Mildred Taylor
Homesick: My Own Story (Jean Fritz)
Homesick: My Own Story
28
Jean Fritz
Folktales of Japan (Ed. Keigo Seki, Trans. Robert J. Adams)
Folktales of Japan
29
Ed. Keigo Seki, Trans. Robert J. Adams
The Enormous Egg (Oliver Butterworth)
The Enormous Egg
30
Oliver Butterworth
Ben and Me (Robert Lawson)
Ben and Me
31
Robert Lawson
Mr. Revere and I (Robert Lawson)
Mr. Revere and I
32
Robert Lawson
Mossflower (Brian Jacques)
Mossflower
33
Brian Jacques
Redwall, Brian Jacques
Redwall, Brian Jacques
34
Mattimeo (Jacques, Brian)
Mattimeo
35
Jacques, Brian
To Be a Slave (Julius Lester)
To Be a Slave
36
Julius Lester
The Great Brain (John D. Fitzgerald)
The Great Brain
37
John D. Fitzgerald
Me and My Little Brain (John D. Fitzgerald)
Me and My Little Brain
38
John D. Fitzgerald
The Black Stallion (Walter Farley)
The Black Stallion
39
Walter Farley
My Side of the Mountain (Jean Craighead George)
My Side of the Mountain
40
Jean Craighead George
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