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It would be impossible to list here every book I've ever read, being a voracious reader as a child/teen, though many are now long forgotten. Instead, I have chosen the top few books of each decade of my life. These are the books that shaped me, taught me how to think and feel. They made me who I am today. Some of these books I still read - they are so burned into my being that I do not know how to live without them. Wherever possible, I have found the cover of the actual edition I own/read, just 'cuz.
Tens
Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone
JK Rowling
Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets
JK Rowling
Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban
JK Rowling
His Dark Materials
Philip Pullman
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O'Dell
Teens
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Looking for Alaska
John Green
The Fault in Our Stars
John Green
Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire
JK Rowling
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince
JK Rowling
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
JK Rowling
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows
JK Rowling
Picturemaker
Penina Keen Spinka
Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson
The Cask of Amontillada
E. A. Poe
Twenties
Slaughterhouse-five
Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
Thirties
Annihilation
Jeff VanderMeer
Authority
Jeff VanderMeer
Acceptance
Jeff VanderMeer
Finding the Mother Tree
Susanne Simard
From Here to Eternity