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I think that first book was a Dick and Jane book - I could care less about Dick and Jane, but I loved that cat.
Once reading made sense to me, I read everything I could get my hands on, but they were mostly stories and escape fiction - lots of mysteries and science fiction.
In high school, I read the short story Leaf By Niggle by JRR Tolkein - that affected me for weeks after.
Another book that profoundly affected me was All The King's Men, which I read as a freshman in college. I remember the shock and depression that followed, as I realized that my parents had lied to me for all these years about what motivates politics and politicians.
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