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Listopia > Jennifer's votes on the list Most Influential Books on my Life...Thus Far! (100 Books)
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Flowers for Algernon
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"This is my dad's favorite book of all time and it is so powerful and moving! It became one of my favorites too. "
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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1984: George Orwell (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
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"Big Brother the sheer force this book has had generation to generation makes it a neo-classic and a must read"
Jennifer
rated it 4 stars
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Middlesex
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"Not an easy read, but one that is exceptionally interesting if you can get into it."
Jennifer
rated it 4 stars
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The 19th Wife
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"Couldn't put it down I have always been curious about Utah and Latter Day Saints this is a fictional history of real people and it is wonderful couldn't put it down!"
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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Atlas Shrugged
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"It is my husbands favorite book so I had to read it and it became one of my favorites. I believe it is one of the longest books in the English language but, the characters are amazing, well thought out the whole book really comes alive in your hands."
Jennifer
rated it 4 stars
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Slammerkin
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"The author of Room which is a very different book than this. It is a bewitching tale of the oldest profession, mixed with a helpless school girl. Remarkable writing, and it is historically accurate bone chilling."
Jennifer
rated it 3 stars
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Sharp Objects
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"Dark, Grim. This book is not for the faint of heart but it richly written and a easy read for people who are into horror, suspense, and crime. "
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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The Kite Runner
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"A neo-classic coming of age. It reminds me of Atonement in a way very good. "
Jennifer
rated it 2 stars
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The Night Circus
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"Whimsy, fun, dark, and at the same time a love story like no other. "
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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Dark Places
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"The title says it all DARK! "
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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The Book Thief
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"I love this book it is a tween/teen book but, set in Nazi Germany you follow a young girl learning to read. A Jew being reared as a Christian to hide. Amazing!
Jennifer
rated it 4 stars
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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"I grew up in Baltimore suburbs and spent a lot of time believing in John Hopkins and their scientific discoveries this sheds a personal light on the discovery of DNA, Cells, and Science. "
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
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"Light fun read great into into sci-fiction for tweens/teens and a good read for adults that enjoy the genre. Also note it was written while the author was in college. "
Jennifer
rated it 4 stars
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Room
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"Great book written from the perspective of a 5 year old boy."
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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The Midwife's Confession
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"Great! "
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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Grimms' Fairy Tales and Andersen's Fairy Tales
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"A classic"
Jennifer
rated it 4 stars
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Clubland: The Fabulous Rise and Murderous Fall of Club Culture
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"Interesting since I grew up in club culture in DC
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1)
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"A book I have read several times and each time it is challenging and I find more nuisances. "
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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A Crack in Forever
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"This book breaks my heart and makes me cry everytime"
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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Sam's Letters to Jennifer
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"Tragic love"
Jennifer
rated it 3 stars
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The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)
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"Love story for the ages"
Jennifer
rated it 3 stars
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Gone Girl
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"Fun read not as dark as her others"
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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Les Misérables
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"A must read for every history buff"
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
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"My all time favorite children's book"
Jennifer
rated it 3 stars
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Romeo and Juliet
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"Why? Because there has never been a love so pure"
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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Juliet, Naked
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"Fun read, and great love story happy ending!"
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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High Fidelity
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"I love Nick Hornby this was my first book I read and loved of his. "
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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Where the Heart Is
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"The world is you oyster and this book proves that point"
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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The Red Tent
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"Wonderful! It adds depth to a minor biblical character and brings a wonderful almost other worldly quality to what could have been. "
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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The Long Hard Road Out of Hell
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"How does one become Marilyn Manson this book will tell you and is ghost written by Neil Strauss "
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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How to... Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale
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"How do you end up in porn? For Jenna it was a choice and one she happily made. This is her biography and you learn to like her as a person with dreams. Ghost written by Neil Strauss as well. "
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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The One Year Chronological Bible NLT
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"The greatest book ever written pit into chronological order makes it easy to read"
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper
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"Really weird, and sexy and yet not sexy all at once. "
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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The Complete Stories and Poems
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"I named my daughter after one of his poems and I love each and every one of his stories. "
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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Child Star: An Autobiography
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"She is simply amazing but, you don't realize it until you read her book. "
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
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"Love Story unlike many others. Beautifully tragic in a real way. "
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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The Alchemist
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"GREAT GREAT READ"
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
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"Simple but, true"
Jennifer
rated it 5 stars
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The Thorn Birds
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Fight Club
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Invisible Monsters
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Choke
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Lullaby
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The Most Wanted
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
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PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
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The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset (The Hunger Games, #1-3)
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Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7)
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The Green Mile
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
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An Education: The Shooting Script
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Girl, Interrupted
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The Scarlet Letter
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The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
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Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings
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The Last Lecture
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Dollanganger Boxed Set: Flowers in the Attic / If There Be Thorns / Petals on the Wind / Seeds of Yesterday / Garden of Shadows(Dollanganger, prequel-4
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Night
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
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Bridget Jones’s Diary (Bridget Jones, #1)
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The Catcher in the Rye
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)
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Coraline
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She’s Come Undone
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Great Expectations
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
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Atonement
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Trainspotting
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The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc
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A Brief History of Time
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Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland
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Go Ask Alice
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Holidays on Ice
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The Blindfold
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The Enchantment of Lily Dahl
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Memoirs of a Geisha
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Dear Mr. Henshaw (Leigh Botts, #1)
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The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell
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Wifey
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Death Be Not Proud
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No Cure for Cancer: A Monologue
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Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story
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Vanity Fair
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Lolita
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The Weird Sisters
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The Spellman Files (The Spellmans, #1)
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The Rules of Attraction
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Growing Up Amish
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Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
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V for Vendetta
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The Poisonwood Bible
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Of Mice and Men
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