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Portrait of a Lady Henry James

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Portrait of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde.

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Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendek

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Call of the Wild by Jack London

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Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

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Hatchet, Gary Paulson

(YA survival novels, both inspiring as I grew up)

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My Side Of The Mountain, by Jean Craighead George.

(Another kid survival story, and one of my childhood favorites. [Smile] )

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Beyond the Blue Mountains by Penelope Lively

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Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

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Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

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Precious Bane by Mary Webb

(classic of the genre that Gibbons was satirising)

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Touch not the Cat by Mary Stewart

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Sam the cat detective by Linda Stewart

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Fred by Posy Simmonds (about a cat with a double life).

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The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern by Lilian Jackson Braun

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The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss

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Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino

(Rhyming title.)

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Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry

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In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

(both true crime stories)

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The Spy Who Came In From The Cold John le Carre

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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?

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The Spy who loved me Ian Fleming

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Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence

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Seven Pillars of Wisdom by TE Lawrence
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The Secret Seven by Enid Blyton

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Noddy goes to Toyland by Enid Blyton

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Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown by Maud Hart Lovelace

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The Betsy by Harold Robbins

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Robins in the Abbey by Elsie Oxenham
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We're Going on a Bear Hunt Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury

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Look, Daddy, Oxen! by Mark Rose

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The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

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The Miracle of the Rose Jean Genet

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The Man Who Planted Trees Jean Giono

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The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel

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Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver

[the protagonist's father is killed by a bear at the beginning of the story, which is set in the early Stone Age]

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Dances with Wolves by Michael Blake

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Lord of the Dance by Andrew M. Greeley

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Lord of the Flies William Golding

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Biggles Flies East by W E Johns
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East of Eden by John Steinbeck

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The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

(includes the story 'East of the Sun, West of the Moon')

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The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are by Alan Watts

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Who am I? The 16 Basic Desires that Motivate Our Actions and Define Our Personalities by Steven Reiss

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Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence David Keirsey.

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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

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Mr. God, This Is Anna, by Fynn.

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Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett

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The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

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A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories by M R James

[includes a story called 'The Uncommon Prayerbook']

... wait, I already had another book by him, is that allowed?

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

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