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26 Books That Had a Huge Impact on the Lives of the Folks Who Read Them

"The impact of reading the right book at the right time can't be overestimated. For some people, a work of literature means the difference between the path they took and the one they might've chosen before coming across it. So there were plenty of impassioned responses when Reddit user u/Elegant-Truth3903 asked the folks of r/books, "Out of all the books you['ve] read, which one do you remember the most that impacted your life?"
From classics to modern young adult novels, here are 26 books that changed the course of these readers' lives."
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Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)
Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
3
The Yellow Wallpaper (Gilman, Charlotte Perkins)
The Yellow Wallpaper (Gilman, Charlotte Perkins)
4
Parable of the Sower (Octavia E Butler)
Parable of the Sower (Octavia E Butler)
5
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
6
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
7
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
8
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son (Richard Wright)
9
Alanna: The First Adventure (Tamora Pierce)
Alanna: The First Adventure (Tamora Pierce)
10
Hatchet (Gary Paulsen)
Hatchet (Gary Paulsen)
11
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
12
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
13
Noughts and Crosses (Malorie Blackman)
Noughts and Crosses (Malorie Blackman)
14
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
15
Battle Royale (Koushun Tatami)
Battle Royale (Koushun Tatami)
16
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
17
Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
18
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
19
Kitchen Confidential (Anthony Bourdain)
Kitchen Confidential (Anthony Bourdain)
20
It's Kind of a Funny Story (Ned Vizzini)
It's Kind of a Funny Story (Ned Vizzini)
21
The Man Who Talks to Whales (Jim Nollman)
The Man Who Talks to Whales (Jim Nollman)
22
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
23
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
24
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune (Frank Herbert)
25
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
A Little Life (Hanya Yanagihara)
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The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
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