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"Young Adult Services of the Chicago Public Library" Favorite Books List

Date range confirmed in Chris Cadman’s “Michael Jackson the Maestro” (“In 1979, Michael wrote a list for the Young Adults Services of the Chicago Public Library of his favourite books.”)

“Detroit Free Press” (January 26, 1984) (archived)

Michael's favorite books, according to the Young Adult Services of the Chicago Public Library: "The Greatest Salesman in the World" and "The Gift of Acabar" by Og Mandino; "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" by Richard Bach; "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway; "The Red Balloon" by Albert Lamorisse; "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving; "The Verger" by Somerset Maugham (a short story); "The Complete Works of O. Henry" by O. Henry; and "Abraham Lincoln" by Carl Sandburg.