 | The Chosen (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Chaim Potok
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.91 This story of two Jewish boys struggling with their faith during a time of crisis ministered to my soul, and opened my eyes to true spirituality.
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 | Here Comes the Bride: Women, Weddings, and the Marriage Mystique by Jaclyn Geller
Buy new: $13.50 / Used from: $0.01 While the above book changed my soul, this book changed my mind. Marriage always seemed archaic and limiting to me, and this book showed me why.
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 | 100 Selected Poems by e. e. cummings
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $2.04 I read my first e. e. cummings poem when I was thirteen and it inspired me so much that to this day I'm still struggling to write poetry and make meaning.
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 | The Object of My Affection by Stephen McCauley
Buy new: $13.30 / Used from: $0.01 When everyone else was telling me otherwise, this book assured me that the most important relationship in my life was legitimate.
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 | Hamlet (The Arden Edition of the Works of William Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
Buy used from: $2.07 The most artful book I've ever read and one of the main books that made me want to dedicate my life to teaching literature.
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 | The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls by Joan Jacobs Brumberg
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.91 At a time in my life when I was dealing with numerous insecurities, this book helped me turn my self-esteem around.
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 | Our Town: A Play in Three Acts (Perennial Classics) by Thornton Wilder
Buy used from: $0.01 A play that makes you at the same time glad and depressed by your own mortality while also forcing you to take stock of and pleasure in the minutae of life.
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 | Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $2.00 The book that showed me how to make writing a part of my life.
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