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The first book I remember was Grimm Fairy Tales. The stories were memorable and very, very grim. The book that I had contained the German version of Cinderella, called Aschenputtel. For some reason that story sticks with me. Believe me it was not the Disney version !! However it started me on my love of reading .

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The Complete Illustrated Kama Sutra

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Well, of course, the Holy Bible.  

 

After that, the Victoria Holt books (read them as a teenager and young woman), Mary Stewart book (the same).  Lately I have enjoyed Patricia Cornwell, before she got too "dark", Lee Child's books, Brad Thor, David Baldacci, Joel Rosenberg and Vince Flynn's books. and the Twilight series (yes, I know Smiley LOL but I love this sweet romance). 

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To Kill A Mockingbird!  

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Thanks @lolakimono for reminding me of a couple good ones.

 

Charlotte's Web

Watership Down

The Plague Dogs (same author as Watership Down)

A Tale of Two Cities

Picture of Dorian Gray

Wuthering Heights

Of Mice And Men

Fahrenheit 451

Animal Farm

1984

It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)

Sherlock Holmes

 

 

 

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The Joy of Sex

 

It broke down the wall that women could enjoy sex and should.  The Victorianistic way that a proper woman didn't enjoy sex, was dashed with this classic!

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So many of the ones mentioned here.  As a kid, books were my refuge.

 

A Wrinkle In Time

The Diary of Anne Frank

Flowers for Algernon

Night

 

As an adult - just a few to highlight:

 

Atlas Shrugged

The Poisonwood Bible

Many Lives Many Masters

The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon

 

 

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You all have mentioned some very good books.  Here are some of mine:

Pookie - Ivy Wallce (children's book)

Nancy Drew - Carolyn Keene (children's series)

Little House on the Prairie - Laura Ingalls Wilder (children's series)

The White Mountains - John Christopher (YA trilogy)

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

Montana 1948 - Larry Watson

Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden

The Samurai's Garden - Gail Tsukiyana

The Ditchdigger's Daughters - Yvonne S. Thornton

The Hiding Place - Corrie ten Boom

Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt

The Glass Castle - Jennette Walls

Confessions of a Street Addict - James J. Cramer

The Bible