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Retired Librarian's 20 Books That Influenced Me

These twenty books were heightened reading experiences for me. Each one brought me emotions that I needed at the time.
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Trixie Belden
Trixie Belden
1
Caddie Woodlawn (Carol Ryrie Brink)
Caddie Woodlawn
2
Carol Ryrie Brink
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
3
Daphne Du Maurier
Thorn Birds
Thorn Birds
4
If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him! (Sheldon B. Kopp)
If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him!
5
Sheldon B. Kopp
Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Letters to a Young Poet
6
Rainer Maria Rilke
The Road Less Travelled (M. Scott Peck)
The Road Less Travelled
7
M. Scott Peck
Journal of a Solitude (May Sarton)
Journal of a Solitude
8
May Sarton
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
9
Ernest Hemingway
Jane and Prudence (Barbara Pym)
Jane and Prudence
10
Barbara Pym
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
11
Sherman Alexie
Book Lust (Nancy Pearl)
Book Lust
12
Nancy Pearl
The Year of Magical Thinking (California)
The Year of Magical Thinking
13
California
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Jean-Dominique Bauby)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
14
Jean-Dominique Bauby
Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Danticat)
Breath, Eyes, Memory
15
Edwidge Danticat
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal (Jeanette Winterson)
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal
16
Jeanette Winterson
Lila (Marilynne Robinson)
Lila
17
Marilynne Robinson
The Driver's Seat (Muriel Spark)
The Driver's Seat
18
Muriel Spark
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
19
W.G. Sebald
The Keepers of the House
The Keepers of the House
20
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