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MoveAlong · 70-79, M
Nonfiction: The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
Runner up: The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
Fiction: The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
Runner up: Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C Clarke
I was 16 when I read The Catcher in the Rye, same age as the main character. It introduced me to life outside my somewhat sheltered upbringing in rural Tennessee and introduced me to real literature.
Runner up: The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
Fiction: The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
Runner up: Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C Clarke
I was 16 when I read The Catcher in the Rye, same age as the main character. It introduced me to life outside my somewhat sheltered upbringing in rural Tennessee and introduced me to real literature.