Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Hi All!

Following my trip out to Liverpool Museum, I was inspired to create my own bookish timeline and then show you what other key influential people and places have helped me evolve as a human being. I would love to get your feedback on this, did you read any of these books growing up? What book helped shape you as a person?

These are all the books I mentioned!

The Animorphs by K. A. Applegate
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Fag Hag by Robert Rodi
The Famous Five by Enid Blyton
Fucking Martin by Dale Peck
Girl Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Goosebumps by R. L. Stine
Gypsy Boy by Mikey Walsh
Hidden From History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past by by Martin Bauml Duberman (Editor),‎ Martha Vicinus (Editor)
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Mariel of Redwall by Brian Jacques
My Loose Threads by Dennis Cooper
The Lifeguard by Richie Tankersley Cusick
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
The Liar by Stephen Fry
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy by Tim Burton
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Wave by Morton Rhue
The Winter of Our Discotheque by Andrew W.M. Beierle
Wrong Rooms by Mark Sanderson