Your most formative books

[AFK]

And a story by Mark Twain. I CANNOT remember the name of the story, but a man meets and kills his conscious (which is a twisted little dwarf) and ends up with a collection of dead hobos in his basement, which he offers for sale in the last line.

Halliburton:  The Early Years. 

[fomenter]

encyclopedia brown books (and yay for there being a few others here that listed them)
The Great Brain by John Fitzgerald (series)
the adventures of huckleberry finn
Way-farer by Dennis Schmidt (also kensho and satori)
the adventures of the stainless steal rat by harry harrison (and the rest in the series)

a incomplete list for under 14 (if i think of others i will add them)

[Corvidia]

And a story by Mark Twain. I CANNOT remember the name of the story, but a man meets and kills his conscious (which is a twisted little dwarf) and ends up with a collection of dead hobos in his basement, which he offers for sale in the last line.

Halliburton:  The Early Years. 

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Kids Shenanigans: Great Things to Do That Mom and Dad Will Just Barely Approve Of
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
A number of kid and adult-oriented entomology books on spiders and ants
Oversize books of Renaissance art—especially the paintings of naked women, Breugel, and Bosch
The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes

[Requia ☣]

Heinlein - all of it, he influenced my politics philosophy and view on life more than any other.

The Castle in the Attic - I read this until it fell apart.

The Tripod series.

[Iason Ouabache]

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Chronicles of Narnia
Encyclopedia Brown
Isaac Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
several different kid's encyclopedias that I don't remember the name of

[Soylent Green]

H2G2
Atlas Shrugged
Anthem
Lord of the Flies
Lovecraft
Poe


All influenced me around the age of 9-12

[popjellyfish]

The Butter Battle Book

[Requia ☣]

The Butter Battle Book

Ofuk, YES.