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	Name: Larry Karp
	City & State: Washington
	Vocation / Avocation: Author/Collector-restorer of antique music boxes
	Website: www.larrykarp.com

Why I'm a Habitual Reader:

I got off to an early start, whether genetically- or environmentally-based. My parents were both English teachers, and I was reading by the time I was three. My father's college students didn't believe that was possible, so he stood me up in front of the class and had me read them, "Randolph, the Bear Who Said No."

And then, math classes were so darned boring, I had to do SOMETHING to get through those hours...

My List of Ten: Books That Hit Me Where I Live

1. The Wapshot Chronicle
Author: John Cheever

2. The Assistant
Author: Bernard Malamud

3. The Adventures of Augie March
Author: Saul Bellow

4. American Pastoral
Author: Philip Roth

5. The Living End
Author: Stanley Elkin

6. The Talented Mr. Ripley
Author: Patricia Highsmith

7. The Great Gatsby
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

8. Humboldt's Gift
Author: Saul Bellow

9. Arthur and George
Author: Julian Barnes

10. Inherit the Wind
Author: Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Yes, it's a play, but it can be read like a novel, and the use of language is no less than gorgeous.

Have you read any of these titles? Review one now.

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