Some Early Influential Books

Here is a small grouping of books that had an impact on me when I was younger. Naturally there are way more. This is what came off the top of my head:

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing - Judy Blume

Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH - Robert C. O'Brien

My Side of the Mountain - Jean Craighead George

James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl

A Walk in Wolf Wood - Mary Stewart

Choose your own Adventure Books - Various Authors

Dungeons and Dragons - Gary Gygaxx

Splinter of the Minds Eye - Alan Dean Foster

A Princess of Mars - Edgar Rice Burroughs