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Formative Reads

Capturing titles I recall from my youth that stuck with me. Not necessarily indicative of what I would read today, but the path was paved here. Ordered roughly by when I would have read it.

#1

Goodnight Moon

#2 of 3 in Over the Moon

1947 • 273 Readers • 40 pages 4.1

#2

Corduroy

15 Corduroy

1968 • 141 Readers • 32 pages 4.3

#3

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

1989 • 85 Readers • 32 pages 4

#4

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

4 Eric Carle's Very Series

1969 • 317 Readers • 33 pages 4.2

#5

Green Eggs and Ham

31 Beginner Books

1913 • 653 Readers • 62 pages 4.1

#6

The Monster at the End of This Book

3 Big Little Golden Books

1971 • 129 Readers • 24 pages 4.4

#7

Caps for Sale

#1 of 3 in Caps for Sale

1940 • 51 Readers • 58 pages 3.9

#8

The Whingdingdilly

1970 • 2 Readers • 68 pages 4

#9

Frog and Toad Are Friends

#1 of 6 in Frog and Toad

1970 • 6 Readers • 72 pages

#10

The Official Pokémon Handbook

#1 of 1 in The Official Pokemon Handbook

1998 • 2 Readers • 143 pages 5

#11

The BFG

1982 • 555 Readers • 4 pages 4.1

#12

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

#1 of 2 in Charlie Bucket

1964 • 985 Readers • 174 pages 4

#13

Sideways Stories from Wayside School

#1 of 4 in Wayside School

2008 • 165 Readers • 2h 26m 4.1

#14

Mystery of the Hidden Book

1 Mystery of The...

1949 • 1 Reader

#15

Meet the Boxcar Children

#1 of 1 in The Adventures of Benny and Watch

1998 • 4 Readers • 48 pages 3

#16

Dinosaurs Before Dark

#1 of 38 in Magic Tree House

1992 • 86 Readers • 68 pages 3.8

#18

The Hobbit

#0 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

10 • 5,307 Readers • 300 pages 4.3

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#19

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

#1 of 8 in Harry Potter

1989 • 6,856 Readers • 309 pages 4.3

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#20

Shiloh

#1 of 1 in Shiloh

1991 • 77 Readers • 145 pages 3.6

#21

Bridge To Terabithia

1977 • 625 Readers • 3h 35m 4

#22

Hatchet

#1 of 7 in Brian's Saga

1986 • 554 Readers • 214 pages 3.6

#23

My Side of the Mountain

#1 of 3 in Mountain

1959 • 160 Readers • 213 pages 4.1

#24

Haunted Ohio: Ghostly Tales from the Buckeye State

#1 of 5 in Haunted Ohio

1991 • 1 Reader • 212 pages

#25

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Collected from American Folklore

#1 of 1 in Scary Stories

1981 • 167 Readers • 111 pages 3.8

#26

Holes

#1 of 2 in Holes

1988 • 1,057 Readers • 263 pages 4

#27

A Wrinkle in Time

#1 of 6 in Time Quintet

1962 • 1,753 Readers • 228 pages 3.8

#28

House of Danger

#15 of 132 in Choose Your Own Adventure

1982 • 4 Readers • 132 pages 2

#29

The Lost Years of Merlin

#1 of 12 in The Merlin Saga

1996 • 78 Readers • 352 pages 3.8

#31

Artemis Fowl

#1 of 8 in Artemis Fowl

2000 • 998 Readers • 422 pages 3.7

#32

The Lord of the Rings

#1-3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

20 • 1,997 Readers • 1,178 pages 4.5

#33

Airborn

#1 of 3 in Matt Cruse

2004 • 78 Readers • 378 pages 3.9

#34

Silverwing

#1 of 3 in Silverwing

1997 • 41 Readers • 228 pages 4.2

#35

Inkheart

#1 in Inkheart Trilogy

2003 • 678 Readers • 556 pages 3.8

#36

Dragon Rider

#1 of 3 in Dragon Rider

1997 • 120 Readers • 527 pages 3.9

#37

After

2003 • 8 Readers • 352 pages 4.5

#38

Letters from a Nut

#1 of 4 in Letters from a Nut

1997 • 7 Readers • 280 pages 3

#39

Eragon

#1 of 5 in The Inheritance Cycle

2002 • 2,026 Readers • 518 pages 3.6

#40

Cirque Du Freak #1: A Living Nightmare

#1 of 9 in Cirque du Freak

2008 • 12 Readers • 272 pages 3.3

#41

Anthem

1936 • 325 Readers • 110 pages 3.5

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#42

Emails from an asshole

2010 • 8 Readers • 224 pages 3.8

#43

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

1999 • 2,105 Readers • 240 pages 4.1

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#44

Gray

2013 • 8 Readers • 240 pages 4

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#45

The Da Vinci Code

#2 of 5 in Robert Langdon

2003 • 2,540 Readers • 489 pages 3.6

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#46

I Spy: A Book of Picture Riddles

#1 of 16 in I Spy

1992 • 4 Readers • 40 pages 5