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How Reading Changed Author Anna Quindlen's Life

"There was waking, and there was sleeping. And then there were books ... a kind of parallel universe in which anything might happen and frequently did, a universe in which I might be a newcomer but never really a stranger. My real, true world." (Anna Quindlen, 'How Reading Changed My Life')
This list comprises 100 books specifically mentioned in the main text and Acknowledgments section of the book. For Top 10 Lists devised by Quindlen & friends, follow the link.
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Aurora Leigh (Elizabeth Barrot Browning)
Aurora Leigh
1
Elizabeth Barrot Browning
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
2
George Eliot
A Little Princess (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
A Little Princess
3
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
4
Leo Tolstoy
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
5
Margaret Mitchell
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
6
Daphne Du Maurier
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
7
Charlotte Brontë
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
8
Charles Dickens
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
9
Madeleine L'engle
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
10
Herman Melville
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
11
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey)
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
12
Stephen R. Covey
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
13
J.D. Salinger
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
14
Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
15
Harper Lee
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
16
Mark Twain
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
17
John Steinbeck
The Golden Notebook (Doris Lessing)
The Golden Notebook
18
Doris Lessing
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica
19
The Art of Worldly Wisdom
The Art of Worldly Wisdom
20
Lives of the Saints (Various)
Lives of the Saints
21
Various
To Catch a Thief (David Dodge)
To Catch a Thief
22
David Dodge
Karen (Marie Killilea)
Karen
23
Marie Killilea
The Winter of Our Discontent (John Steinbeck)
The Winter of Our Discontent
24
John Steinbeck
The Agony and the Ecstasy (Irving Stone)
The Agony and the Ecstasy
25
Irving Stone
The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. White
The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. White
26
The Caine Mutiny (Herman Wouk)
The Caine Mutiny
27
Herman Wouk
Giant (Edna Ferber)
Giant
28
Edna Ferber
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
29
Shirley Jackson
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
30
Betty Smith
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
31
E.B. White
The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
The Phantom Tollbooth
32
Norton Juster
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O'Dell)
Island of the Blue Dolphins
33
Scott O'Dell
The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Elizabeth George Speare)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
34
Elizabeth George Speare
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates (Mary Mapes Dodge)
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
35
Mary Mapes Dodge
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
36
Louisa May Alcott
A Girl of the Limberlost (Gene Stratton-Porter)
A Girl of the Limberlost
37
Gene Stratton-Porter
Bonjour Tristesse (Francoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
38
Francoise Sagan
Ivanhoe (Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
39
Walter Scott
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
40
Truman Capote
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