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This Librarian's 20. So Hard to Pick So Few

How do people pick JUST 20? I tried and tried but couldn't. So here is this librarian's list of 25 books that influenced me. But there are so many more...
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Anne Frank (Ann Kramer)
Anne Frank
1
Ann Kramer
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
2
Hermann Hesse
Cutting for Stone (Abraham Verghese)
Cutting for Stone
3
Abraham Verghese
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
4
Elizabeth Strout
Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
Joy Luck Club
5
Amy Tan
The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
The Red Tent
6
Anita Diamant
Unaccustomed Earth (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Unaccustomed Earth
7
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Signature of All Things (Elizabeth Gilbert)
The Signature of All Things
8
Elizabeth Gilbert
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
9
John Steinbeck
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
The Good Earth
10
Pearl S. Buck
Runaway (Alice Munro)
Runaway
11
Alice Munro
Love Poems From God (Daniel Ladinsky)
Love Poems From God
12
Daniel Ladinsky
A Gentleman in Moscow (Amor Towles)
A Gentleman in Moscow
13
Amor Towles
The Dovekeepers (Alice Hoffman)
The Dovekeepers
14
Alice Hoffman
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
15
Ken Follett
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
16
Marilynne Robinson
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
17
Richard Powers
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
18
Thomas Mann
Still Here (Ram Dass)
Still Here
19
Ram Dass
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
20
Sherman Alexie
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
21
Ralph Ellison
The Painted Drum (Louise Erdrich)
The Painted Drum
22
Louise Erdrich
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
23
Homer
Miss Rumphius (Barbara Cooney)
Miss Rumphius
24
Barbara Cooney
The Wisdom of No Escape (Pema Chodron)
The Wisdom of No Escape
25
Pema Chodron
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