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Portrait of the Reader as a Young Man: Books With a Lasting Impact: Fiction & Poetry

Our maverick English Teacher and immanent septuagenarian finds himself in a reflective mood and looks back at how he became the book nerd he now is. He has come up with books that had a marked influence on him some where between the ages of 5 and 21. He could have kept going, but he wanted to keep the list manageable so that people would actually finish it. As an added bonus, he has endeavored to picture the edition he actually read way back when, so that even if one has never heard of the books, one still has some wonderful vintage covers to look at.
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12 O'Clock High (Bartlett)
12 O'Clock High
1
Bartlett
1984 (Orwell)
1984
2
Orwell
Alas Babylon (Frank)
Alas Babylon
3
Frank
Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass
4
Carroll
All Quiet on the Western Front (Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
5
Remarque
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
6
George Orwell
April Morning (Fast)
April Morning
7
Fast
Beat to Quarters (Forester)
Beat to Quarters
8
Forester
Behold a Pale Horse (Pressburger)
Behold a Pale Horse
9
Pressburger
Beowulf (Trans. - Wright)
Beowulf
10
Trans. - Wright
The Blue Max (Hunter)
The Blue Max
11
Hunter
The Bridge Over the River Kwai (Boulle)
The Bridge Over the River Kwai
12
Boulle
The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoevski)
The Brothers Karamazov
13
Dostoevski
A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
A Burnt Out Case
14
Greene
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
15
Miller
Cause for Alarm (Ambler)
Cause for Alarm
16
Ambler
Childhood's End (Clarke)
Childhood's End
17
Clarke
Citizen Tom Paine (Fast)
Citizen Tom Paine
18
Fast
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
19
Ambler
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats (W.B. Yeats)
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
20
W.B. Yeats
The Comedians (Greene)
The Comedians
21
Greene
Commodore Hornblower (Forester)
Commodore Hornblower
22
Forester
The Complete Poems & Plays of T.S. Eliot
The Complete Poems & Plays of T.S. Eliot
23
A Coney Island of the Mind
A Coney Island of the Mind
24
Dangling Man (Bellow)
Dangling Man
25
Bellow
Darkness at Noon (Koestler)
Darkness at Noon
26
Koestler
The Daughter of Time (Tey)
The Daughter of Time
27
Tey
The Day of the Triffids (Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
28
Wyndham
Dracula (Stoker)
Dracula
29
Stoker
Dune (Herbert)
Dune
30
Herbert
The Egyptian Necklace (Palmer)
The Egyptian Necklace
31
Palmer
The Expendable Spy (Hunter)
The Expendable Spy
32
Hunter
The Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
33
Tolkien
The First Circle (Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle
34
Solzhenitsyn
The Flight of the Phoenix (Trevor)
The Flight of the Phoenix
35
Trevor
Flying Colours (Forester)
Flying Colours
36
Forester
Freedom or Death (Kazantzakis)
Freedom or Death
37
Kazantzakis
From Russia With Love (Fleming)
From Russia With Love
38
Fleming
Funeral in Berlin (Deighton)
Funeral in Berlin
39
Deighton
The Gladiators (Koestler)
The Gladiators
40
Koestler
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