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We asked serious book readers in many countries to reflect on the books that shaped their lives.

Of all the books in a lifetime of reading, they listed the 10 most important. Books that left a mark. Books with a personal history. Books they revisit. Not necessarily the best in their genres, but books that tweaked them and led them somewhere new... Books that refuse to close....

Would you post your own lifetime reading lists? Not necessarily literary books.  Books in any language. Please E-Mail
us if you are willing to do this soulsearching.  We will be reorganizing these lists according to professions and national origins, so tell us a little bit about yourself, too.

 
 

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Bill Clinton, Little Rock, Arkanasas, US President

Matt Watson a lawyer from New Zeland
Sara J. Lyons, public servant, published writer, Australia
Andie Miller from South Africa
Declan Galvin IT programme manager, UK
Dr.Colin Feltham, counselling professional from Sheffield, UK
Megan Johnson folklore enthusiast, Michigan
Sarah D.Wright, environmentalist, writer, Wisconsin
Gayle Dosher, psychotherapist and high school teacher
Genevieve Schmidt, landscaper from California
David Simon Yohalem agriculture scientist from Denmark
Mark Rahmlow classic rock dj
Scott Hass imaging technician, D.C area
Abeer Kashmeeri from Saudi Arabia, wants to write the Great Arabian Novel
H. Rand Hirschi from Utah, attorney, 50something
Harindranath, A--high energy physicist
Marlene Atleo--from Canadian Pacific Northwest

Tim Balaz--aspiring teacher from Canada
Mira Baz--from Lebanon, idealist
Tom Beck--short story writer, calls himself a lowly lacky in a bookstore
Monica Berlin--poet and creative writing instructor, Illinois
Melinda Bell--poet
Karni Pal Bhati--from India
Janice Brazil--poet, San Antonio, Texas
John Brazil--US university president
Karen Brooks--popular culture scholar
Yosha Bourgea--journalist
Carol Burkhart--medical technologist
Danny Butt--internet consultant

Renee Carey--high school student and philosopher
Nick Cavenagh--gay mathematician
Ben Close--physcial therapy student
T. Conely--50something college professor
Sue C.--high school teacher and photographer
Jeffrey DeLaRosa--midwesterner
Chris Dodge--street librarian's two sets of lists
Daniela Dreuth--Gernman scholar of Latin America studies
Mike Duncan--web columnist
Stephanie Dunning--graduate student
Tim Durkin--student
 

Emmarella--graduate student
Ecclectic--from the Gulf
Michael Warburton Firefly--actor based in UK
Glenda Foster--museum curator and music lover
Merrill Foster--geologist, midwestern US
Wolf Factory--UK, Arab scholar
Susanne Gabriel, Switzerland, recent graduate
Tonia Gatt--high school student
Elizabeth Hall-Downs--performance poet from Brisbane, Australia
Ann Herbert--African-American Studies scholar
Li Huo--American literature scholar from China
Paul Jones--web pioneer, raised on Great Books program
Jeremy Karlin--attorney and frisbee enthusiast
Kate--midwife from UK

David John Kieran--from UK
Sarah Koch--freelance copy editor and proof-reader
Joseph, K.P--retired accountant general
Tessa Laird--art journalist
Nancy Lambing--aspiring architect and student

Dr. Patrick McAuliffe--Australian doctor
Laura Marks--Australian Professor
Veronica Martzahl--retail-middle manager
Phyllis Wilson Moore--West Virginia regional literature specialist
Josip Novakovich--Croatian expatriate fiction writer
Barbara of New York--book editor at a major house
Matt Neal--aspiring movie director, Australia
David Nichols--writer, Australia
Debem Okafer--African educator and author
Thomas Palakeel--teacher
Geoffrey Parkes--from Brisbane
Rebecca Powers--Central Washington, finance professional
Puffdaddy--New York stock trader
Ian Iqbal Rashid--from Dar es Salaam
Colleen Reed--MA in Latin American development
Dustin Todd Rennells--interior designing apprentice
Humberto Robles de Leon--TV producer
Lynnette Russell--academic in archeology, history

KS--IT professional from UK
Christopher Sharp--entomologist from Australia
Colleen Shea--from Canada, student
Nina Shishkoff--scientist, 30something
Robert Slater--librarian
Stewart--psychiatrist
Jim Sullivan--college teacher and llama rancher
Amanda Summers --internet site designer
Melissa--East Coast girl
Morgan, B. student
Mohamed--ex-high school teacher
Titanium--traditionally trained fine artist, Italy
Christina J. Thaut--from Nebrasa
Katrina Daly Thompson--African languages and literature scholar
M.F. Titlestad--from South Africa
Robert Tyson--electrical engineer
Nancy Tolson--children's literature professor
John E. Tomasetti--educator
Ba Tuoc Vo--architect, born in Saigon
Jason Varsoke--software engineer
Michael VanVleet-- website editor
David VonBehren--writer and book-seller
James Wackett--American literature professor in Lebanon
Eva Westin--Swedish undergrad
 

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