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The Retired English Teacher's 20 Books

"Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. No explanations, no reviews, just covers."
This was hard, and the final result was surprising, even to me.
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1984 (Orwell)
1984
Orwell
2
Beowulf (Crossley-Holland)
Beowulf
Crossley-Holland
3
Büchner: Complete Collected Works (Büchner/Schmidt)
Büchner: Complete Collected Works
Büchner/Schmidt
4
A Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Miller
5
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios
Ambler
6
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats (W.B. Yeats)
Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
W.B. Yeats
7
The Complete Dramatic Works (Samuel Beckett)
The Complete Dramatic Works
Samuel Beckett
8
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer (Conrad (Signet ))
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer
Conrad (Signet )
9
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash (Shepherd)
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash
Shepherd
10
The Martian Chronicles (Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
Bradbury
11
The Name of the Rose (Eco)
The Name of the Rose
Eco
12
Signet Shakespeare (Barnet - Editor)
Signet Shakespeare
Barnet - Editor
13
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Stone)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Stone
14
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Hemingway)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Hemingway
15
Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar
John Brunner
16
Starting From San Francisco (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)
Starting From San Francisco
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
17
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
18
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
Lao-Tzu
19
Three Novels (Beckett)
Three Novels
Beckett
20
The World of Pooh (A.A. Milne)
The World of Pooh
A.A. Milne
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