Shawn’s Library

Here is a list of some of my most-cherished books…

It’s not intended to be comprehensive. I’ve read too many books over my lifetime to attempt a list like that. These are simply the books that have stuck with me over a lifetime of reading.

These are also like a track listing of my greatest writing influences, from Jack Finney to Ray Bradbury, to Robert E. Howard, Jules Verne, and Edgar Rice Burroughs. These are the books that fired my imagination and made me want to be a writer myself. 

These range from my favorite author, Stephen King, who has four books on the list, to my very first favorite author, Jim Kjelgaard, who died before I was born, but I discovered in third grade in 1969.