Following up on yesterday's post, been thinking about another list, inspired in part by a funny Steve Martin piece (100 books I've read) - will try to list the books I've read that were most important/inspirational/influential at one point in my life, in the sequence in which I read them: The Books that have changed my life:
Pat the Bunny
Little Lost Bobo
All About Dinosaurs
The Sinister Signpost (Frank Dixon, Hardy Boys)
It's Great to be Alive (Roy Campanella)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Look Homeward, Angel
Prufrock and Other Poems
Howl and other Poems
King Lear
William Carlos Williams, Collected Poems (2 vols)
Shakespeare our Contemporary
The Elements of Style
Where I'm Calling From (Raymond Carver)
Rabbit Is Rich (and the other Rabbit novels)
Remembrance of Things Past
I'm sure I've left off major landmarks. Not sure what this list tells you about me. Not sure what's coming next!
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