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Updated: Everything a Grumpy Gen X Geek Remembers Reading

To heck with "books to make you well read!" To turnips with "if you're read these you're a true {insert pompous noun}."
What did you LIKE? What did you have to read and never want to look at again?
What was on the required list one year that changed your life? How about something you picked up at a subway station book kiosk?
Yes I have read all of these books to the best of my memory, some titles--like the Old English poetry collections, for example, are taken from what's available to convey that I read the works inside them, even if under a different heading. Clearly I've not got anything to prove--and neither do you!!!
See something you haven't read? Try it out. It was fun or meaningful for 4, 6, 10, 15, 28, 25, 40, 44-going on prehistoric...etc year old me.
Sorry for any repeats--have those on me.
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"The Green Ribbon" From in a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories (Alvin Schwartz)
"The Green Ribbon" From in a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories
Alvin Schwartz
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"What Do You Care What Other People Think?" (Richard P. Feynman)
"What Do You Care What Other People Think?"
Richard P. Feynman
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1066: The Year of the Conquest (Howarth)
1066: The Year of the Conquest
Howarth
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne
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2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clarke)
2001: A Space Odyssey
Arthur C. Clarke
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2010
2010
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95 Theses
95 Theses
9
Abundance (Sena Jeter Naslund)
Abundance
Sena Jeter Naslund
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The Adventures of Buckeroo Banzai (Earl Mac Rauch)
The Adventures of Buckeroo Banzai
Earl Mac Rauch
11
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
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Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
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The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
Virgil
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Agamemnon (Aeschylus)
Agamemnon
Aeschylus
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The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
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The Age of Sutton Hoo (Martin Carver)
The Age of Sutton Hoo
Martin Carver
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Agincourt (Bernard Cornwell)
Agincourt
Bernard Cornwell
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Agincourt: A New History (Anne Curry)
Agincourt: A New History
Anne Curry
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Ah but Your Land Is Beautiful (Alan Paton)
Ah but Your Land Is Beautiful
Alan Paton
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Ahab's Wife (Sena Jeter Naslund)
Ahab's Wife
Sena Jeter Naslund
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Alamut (Judith Tarr)
Alamut
Judith Tarr
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The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
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All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)
All Creatures Great and Small
James Herriot
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All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes (Maya Angelou)
All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes
Maya Angelou
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All of a Kind Family
All of a Kind Family
27
All Things Bright and Beautiful (James Herriot)
All Things Bright and Beautiful
James Herriot
28
All Things Wise and Wonderful (James Herriot)
All Things Wise and Wonderful
James Herriot
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All the Weyrs of Pern
All the Weyrs of Pern
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All-Of-A-Kind Family Downtown (Sydney Taylor)
All-Of-A-Kind Family Downtown
Sydney Taylor
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All-Of-A-Kind Family Uptown (Sydney Taylor)
All-Of-A-Kind Family Uptown
Sydney Taylor
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All's Well That Ends Well (William Shakespeare)
All's Well That Ends Well
William Shakespeare
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Amber Spyglass
Amber Spyglass
34
Amelia Bedelia (Peggy Parish)
Amelia Bedelia
Peggy Parish
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American Wife (Curtis Sittenfeld)
American Wife
Curtis Sittenfeld
36
Amos Fortune, Free Man (Elizabeth Yates)
Amos Fortune, Free Man
Elizabeth Yates
37
An Acceptable Time
An Acceptable Time
38
An Earthly Crown (Kate Elliott)
An Earthly Crown
Kate Elliott
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An Uncommon Woman - The Empress Frederick: Daughter of Queen Victoria, Wife of the Crown Prince of P (Hannah Pakula)
An Uncommon Woman - The Empress Frederick: Daughter of Queen Victoria, Wife of the Crown Prince of P
Hannah Pakula
40
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Anastasia Krupnik
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