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Books to make you feel like a kid again
By an Amazon.com customer
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Harper Fiction)Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Harper Fiction) by Gregory Maguire
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.79
A darker, meatier side to the Wizard of Oz you know and love
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A NovelExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $1.99
Be nine years old again.
Harry Potter Boxset Books 1-7Harry Potter Boxset Books 1-7 by J. K. Rowling
Buy new: $114.07 / Used from: $65.95
I cannot wait to read these to my kids.
The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint: A NovelThe Miracle Life of Edgar Mint: A Novel by Brady Udall
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01
Funny. And really beautiful at the same time.
The God of Animals: A NovelThe God of Animals: A Novel by Aryn Kyle
Buy new: $10.80 / Used from: $0.01
Beautiful book. Characters are really rich.
Pan: From Lieutenant Thomas Glahn's Papers (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)Pan: From Lieutenant Thomas Glahn's Papers (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Knut Hamsun
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $5.12
Letters from the woods
Sons and Lovers (Modern Library Classics)Sons and Lovers (Modern Library Classics) by D.H. Lawrence
Buy new: $9.56 / Used from: $1.24
Childhood memoirs of a poet
My Side of the Mountain (Puffin Modern Classics)My Side of the Mountain (Puffin Modern Classics) by Jean Craighead George
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.63
Summer reading years ago. Read it recently. It's still just as awesome.
The Wapshot Chronicle (Perennial Classics)The Wapshot Chronicle (Perennial Classics) by John Cheever
Buy new: $9.35 / Used from: $1.90
Lost world...
NakedNaked by David Sedaris
Buy new: $9.74 / Used from: $1.35
funny funny funny
Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics)Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy new: $8.00 / Used from: $1.65
Or any Jane Austen books really.
Geek Love: A NovelGeek Love: A Novel by Katherine Dunn
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $3.90
Creepy and full of love.
Are You There God? It's Me MargaretAre You There God? It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume
Buy new: $12.92 / Used from: $6.28
*sigh*
His Dark Materials Trilogy: "Northern Lights", "Subtle Knife", "Amber Spyglass"His Dark Materials Trilogy: "Northern Lights", "Subtle Knife", "Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Buy new: $24.56 / Used from: $15.69
Not nearly as contraversial as everyone made them out to be. Really imaginative.
Franny and ZooeyFranny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
Buy new: $11.19 / Used from: $3.53
What list of this kind is complete without Salinger?
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyThe Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $4.43