Iron Maiden reading list Public

Created by Fred Johansen

Something fun to do when I find the time for it: An Iron Maiden reading challenge.

Here are some possible literary inspirations for Iron Maiden songs, taken from the Wikipedia pages for the various albums. Plus 1+ reference works.

(I've skipped the movie influences, because there's a lot of those, too.)

  1. Run to the Hills by ,

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  2. The phantom of the Opera by 

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    A classic, haunting tale of reality and illusion, The Phantom of the Opera has been fascinating readers and viewers for …

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  3. The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales (C. Auguste Dupin, #1-3) by 

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    "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. …

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  4. The Midwich Cuckoos (S.F. Masterworks) [Hardcover] [Sep 08, 2016] John Wyndham (author) by 

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    In the sleepy English village of Midwich, a mysterious silver object appears and all the inhabitants fall unconscious. A day …

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  5. Tam O'Shanter by 

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  6. The collected poems of G. K. Chesterton. by 

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    good book

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  7. The Inhabitant of The Lake & Other Unwelcome Tenants by 

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  8. Sun and Steel by 

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  9. Dune by  (Dune Chronicles, #1)

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    Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family …

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  10. The Charge of the Light Brigade and Other Poems by 

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  11. Where eagles dare / Alistair MacLean. by  (Adrenaline classics)

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  12. The rime of the ancient mariner by 

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    A mariner stops a man on his way to a wedding. The mariner then relates to the man all the …

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  13. Stranger in a strange land by 

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    Stranger in a Strange Land is a 1961 science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the …

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  14. The Moonchild by 

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  15. Seventh son by 

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    In an alternate version of frontier America, young Alvin is the seventh son of a seventh son, and such a …

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