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PeteSelman

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9. The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, DragonLance and Stephen King were my teenage books.

Reply to shaayecanaan (Original post)

Wed Apr 16, 2014, 12:09 AM

Apr 2014

I thought Holden in Catcher was just a douchebag. I read a lot of those books as required reading but my pleasure reading was all horror and fantasy. It still mostly is but I've added a bit of non-fiction in there as well. Mafia, Prison, L.A. Gangs, serial killers and a lot of American history.

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Is there an 'angst canon' of books that teenagers read? [View all] shaayecanaan Apr 2014 OP

In many of Steven King novels Inkfreak Apr 2014 #1

I read a couple of his shaayecanaan Apr 2014 #4

Btw, I read Catcher in the Rye as a young boy. Inkfreak Apr 2014 #2

I agree there shaayecanaan Apr 2014 #3

3 books that changed my life as a 13 year old enigmatic Apr 2014 #5

+1 for the iron heel shaayecanaan Apr 2014 #6

Amazing shaayecanaan Apr 2014 #7

Also this article on the Guardian shaayecanaan Apr 2014 #8

The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, DragonLance and Stephen King were my teenage books. PeteSelman Apr 2014 #9

When I was a teenager.. MicaelS Apr 2014 #10

Separate Peace and Catcher In The Rye, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Doctor_J Apr 2014 #11