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1. The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx. I've read this several times. There's something about the grittiness of the characters and the believable transformations that take place that gets me every time.
2. The Bible. I mean no offense if you take the Bible literally. I see it as a lot of metaphors, and a lot of material that I can refer to in my own writing.
3. The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Doestoevski. Richly layered fiction. I love FD's understanding and rendering of the nuances of human behavior.
4. The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen) and/or A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers), because I haven't read either one yet.
5. The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide by Douglas Adams, because Leanne told me I must read it.
6. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, because I remember it made me laugh.
7. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, or a book by another excellent Latin writer.
8. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. The writing isn't great, but something about this book really helped me change my life for the better.
9. As much poetry as I could get away with bringing. I have a lot to learn, a lot to enjoy.
by Tracey on June 14 2007