Ten Books

So lately it seems that my roundabout (read: lame) way of coming up with blog post topics is to steal them from Facebook. So here goes another one (impossible for an English teacher to pass this up)...

The charge is to write the ten books that you have found most influential in your life, without thinking too hard--just to jot down whatever comes to mind. Do it in a note and tag your friends (including me!) to invite them to share their lists with you.

1. Curious George Goes to the Hospital by H.A. Rey

2. Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary

3. Kristy's Great Idea by Ann M. Martin

4. Forever by Judy Blume

5. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

6. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

7. Naked by David Sedaris

8. The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

9. A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth

10. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* by J.K. Rowling

*Original UK title