 | Cat's Cradle by Kurt Jr. Vonnegut
Buy used from: $5.79 My favorite book by Vonnegut, and one that's sure to keep you laughing even as you're deep in thought.
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 | Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.31 The first book by Vonnegut I've ever read, and probably his most famous.
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 | The Giver by Lois Lowry
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.78 While this book is technically a children's book, it's amazingly intellectual, and a must read for anyone who read it as a child, and especially those who didn't. What you'll take from it the second, third, fourth, and even fifth time around is significantly different from the first.
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 | Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Buy new: $8.95 / Used from: $2.00 Not as popular as The Giver but also important with an incredible message.
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 | The Space Between Us: A Novel by Thrity Umrigar
Buy used from: $5.21 A sad, funny, heart-warming, heart-breaking story about two women, both brave and cowardly, who will anger you, disgust you, inspire you, and leave you in love with the frailty, strength, and hypocrisy of humanity.
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 | The Enchanted Forest Chronicles: Dealing with Dragons / Searching for Dragons / Calling on Dragons / Talking to Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Buy new: $16.29 / Used from: $14.50 I read these for the first time when I was ten and since then have read them over and over again. Simple, sweet, but still exciting it's a thrill for the inner child.
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 | The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
Buy new: $5.95 / Used from: $2.26 My favorite book in elementary school, Mary Downing Hahn is an under appreciated author.
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 | Atlas Shrugged (A Signet Book) by Ayn Rand
Buy used from: $39.94 Everyone should read at least one of Ann Rand's novels. If you only read one read this one.
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 | Anthem by Ayn Rand
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 If you're going to read two, read this one next. It's also shorter.
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 | Delta of Venus by Anais Nin
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $2.21 Delta of Venus will send you on a roller coaster of emotions, leaving you disgusted but horny, thrilled but sobbing, anxious yet deeply calm. It's not something you read- it's something you experience.
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 | House Of Incest by Anais Nin
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $2.90 If Delta of Venus is a roller coaster then House of Incest is a volcanic explosion. Well worth the scorching.
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 | The People Look Like Flowers At Last: New Poems by Charles Bukowski
Buy new: $12.74 / Used from: $7.04 Pure beauty.
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 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $2.99 Light and funny on the surface but dark and haunting underneath, with an ending that is disturbingly easy to accept.
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 | Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'Dell
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 If you didn't read this as a kid, read it now.
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 | The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $7.98 An amazing book- if you're into Beatniks, or good books, this should be on your shelf.
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