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Rules: In a text post, list ten books that have stayed with you in some way. Don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard — they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just ones that have touched you. Tag ten friends, including me, so I’ll see your list. Make sure you let your friends know you’ve tagged them!
1. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. My grandmother gave me a copy of the book last night that is nearly but not quite identical to one of the other copies I have and I took it anyway. Because it's marginally bigger than the other copy, okay?
2. Flight by Sherman Alexie. One time I told Sherman Alexie that he was a rock star and he laughed at me.
3. Peter Pan by JM Barrie. Who's a precious little murderer? Peter's a precious little murderer! Mwah.
4. Natives & Exotics by Jane Alison. Whenever I think of third culture kids, I think of this book. Contains one of the best child POVs (in an adult novel) that I've ever read.
5. A Tortoise For The Queen of Tonga by Julia Whitty. The collection's titular story is one of my favorite short stories ever.
6. His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. Don't talk to me about Philip Pullman. I hate him (I love him).
7. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. Yossarian?!?!!!
8. The World According To Garp - John Irving. I read this when I was too young and consequently think about the scene where she bites the dude's dick off all. the. time.
9. Poems on the Underground ed. by Judith Chernaik. I think this is the first poetry collection I bought by myself? I bought it when I was a shitty anglophile and it's probably the best thing that came out of that phase.
10. The Hunger Games trilogy by Susanne Collins. Teeeeeeeam Katniss.