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10 Books Meme

I've seen this a couple of places now, most recently at hugemind's journal.

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 "right" or "great" works, just the ones that have touched you. Tag ten friends. Do this if you want to. :)

There are a lot of books that have stuck with me, and these are some that I'm glad I read.  In no particular order with the number stretched to 15 because I've been reading for 40 years -

1. The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton


2. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee


3. Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut


4. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain


5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams


6. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeline L'Engle


7. A River Runs Through It - Norman Maclean


8. Island of the Blue Dolphins -  Scott O'Dell


9. The Killer Angels - Michael Shaara


10. The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien


11. The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck


12. A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett


13. Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer


14. Hiroshima - John Hersey


15. Johnny Lion's Rubber Boots - Edith Thacher Hurd

Here is a list of books I read that I wish hadn't.

1. Silas Marner - George Eliot


2. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens


3. Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger


4. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer


5. The Light in the Forest - Conrad Richter


6. A Separate Peace - John Knowles


7. When the Legends Die - Hal Borland


8. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown


9. Harriet the Spy - Louise Fitzhugh


10. The Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein


11. How to Eat Fried Worms - Thomas Rockwell

Lucky me, I escaped Lord of the Flies, Old Yeller, Where the Red Fern Grows, and the Scarlet Letter.  How about you?