Name a book that had a big impact on you during your adolescence
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Anonymous
| Thus Spoke Zarathustra. |
Anonymous
| Steppenwolf, Crime and Punishment, Hundred Years of Solitude. |
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I cannot believe I am the first person to post The Fountainhead (or anything Rand). I was obsessed with it.
Also: Steppenwolf Franny and Zooey |
Anonymous
+1 for Howard Roark, that sexy beast |
Anonymous
| Kafir Boy by Mark Manthabane |
Anonymous
| I was obsessed with Francesca Lia Block's Weetzie Bat series. I re-read them recently and thought they were so flowery and silly! |
Anonymous
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Are you There God it's Me Margaret and most of the Judy Blume books - i don't know how these would impact me now other than triggering lots of childhood memories
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry - this one would probably still get me. I haven't forgotten the impact it had on me as a 12 or 13 year old. |
Anonymous
| Lord of the Flies and A Separate Peace. Who dies from a broken leg???? |
Anonymous
| Has anyone mentioned Letters to Penthouse yet? |
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The Cay
Number the Stars The Fountainhead |
Anonymous
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-Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret. Unfortunately, it didn't help me increase my bust, no matter how much I tried. Also other Judy Blume books.
-various VC Andrews books- They gave me all sort of hormonal adolescent feels. |
Anonymous
Oh, and basically any book aimed at middle grade readers about the Holocaust. |
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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles MacKay. It is the one book I would recommend all teens read to understand human nature, markets, con artists, fads, evil, everything. It also reads like a tabloid of history. The 12 Caesars by Suetonius. Twice the tabloid-y historical goodness of Mackay, Roman style. And second Agatha Christie |
Anonymous
Yes, Steppenwolf. |
Anonymous
| The Outsiders |