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Top Ten Books that would be on my syllabus if I taught high school English

10. The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller

I can't write even write a goddamn review of this book, THE FEELS I FELT WHILE READING THIS OMG *dead*.

9. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky

There's a lot to learn from this book, especially if you're young.

8. All of Paulo Coelho's Works

Cause of reasons.

7. The diaries of Anais Nin

There are no words to express my love for this woman and her writing, her personality, her way of thinking, analyzing, her everything.

6. Hannibal

Self explanatory. Big fan, big fan.

5. All of Charles Bukowski's Works

I do enjoy Bukowski a whole lot. His writting style is raw, intense, something that definitely should be read more in schools, instead of the usual literature.

4. All of Pablo Neruda's Works

I don't know actually whether he's taught in some schools or not, I just know that in my school, the answer was not. He wrote the best poems I've ever read and that's saying a lot.

3. Harry Potter, by J.K. Rowling

Should I even say why? No.

2. All of Haruki Murakami's Works

1. Every book, every biography of Tesla and Van Gogh

Because they are my inspiration for everything and they can be an inspiration to literally anyone. The combination of these two may seem weird, like why would I even put them in the same sentence, one is a painter, one is an engineer (among others). Well, I've got a soft spot for geniuses who weren't acknowledged in their time. I could literally write a book about how Tesla and Van Gogh pretty much drove me to be more ambitionate in life and how they made me see that the work that you make is important, despite what everyone might say to bring you down. Fuck 'em. Do your thing.

unless your thing is something illegal, in which case, don't do your thing

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Top Ten Authors I've read the most

10. Tess Gerritsen

All hail the Rizzoli & Isles series!!

9. Laurell K. Hamilton

Big fan of Anita Blake, ever since her first book.

8. Karen Marie Moning

Only in her books am I able to both love and hate a character at the same time. How could I not include her when she gave me Barrons??

7. Charlaine Harris

The Sookie Stackhouse series sure was a big one. I really miss it reading it though :(

6. George R. R. Martin

His brilliant fantasy writing won me over.

5. Paulo Coelho

The love I have for his books is neverending. And Brida was even my first book that I've read!

4. Suzanne Collins

Well, we all know why she's on the list.

3. E. E. Cummings

Have read so many works from him... some I adore. Some I'm not sure what to think of them.

2. Edgar Allan Poe

Will not stop until I've read everything published by him. He is the master of his genre. I'm having a hard time picking a favorite from him, but I think I'm gonna go with... The Tell-Tale Heart. All of his stories stick with you though, long after you've finished reading them.

1. Haruki Murakami

And the first place goes to the one that always gets me out of a reading slump. The one that merges reality with fiction so well. The one that thinks of the most original stories I've ever read about.

What's your top ten? :)