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getareaction's "Charlie Fish's favourite books"

I have read many books in many genres. I loved most of them, but these select few are more than that. These are the ones that really inspired me and changed my outlook on life and literature.

They are alphabetical order, not preference order.
1. And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
  
2. Bill The Galactic Hero
by Harry Harrison
  
3. Bonjour Tristesse
by Francoise Sagan
  
4.
?
 J.D. Salinger's the Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
  
5. Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians
by Pierre Clastres
  
6. The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
  
7. Cram101 Textbook Outline to accompany Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ
by 1st Edition Goleman
  
8. From Thessaloniki to Auschwitz and Back: Memories of a Survivor from Thessaloniki (The Library of Holocaust Testimonies)
by Erika Kounio-Amarilio
  
9. Fugitive Pieces: A Novel
by Anne Michaels
  
10. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
by J K Rowling
  
11.
?
 Interstellar Pig
by William Sleator
  
12. Last Chance to See
by Douglas Adams
  
13. A Long Walk to Freedom
by Nelson Mandela
  
14. Losing My Virginity
by Richard Branson
  
15. The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
  
16. Lucky You
by Carl Hiaasen
  
17. Mila 18
by Leon Uris
  
18. Mort
by Terry Pratchett
  
19. His Dark Materials Trilogy: The Golden Compass / The Subtle Knife / The Amber Spyglass
by Phillip Pullman
  
20. Pattern Recognition
by William Gibson
  
21. Pet Sematary
by Stephen King
  
22. The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
  
23. Rendezvous with Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke
  
24. A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
  
25. Take Me with You
by Brad Newsham
  
26. Thinks . . .
by David Lodge
  
27. The Wasp Factory: A Novel
by Iain Banks
  
28. Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China
by Jung Chang
  
29. The World According to Garp (Modern Library)
by John Irving
  
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Created by getareaction on Aug 17, 2006.