Friday, September 19, 2025

My 20 Books That Influenced Me List

This prompt has been going around in and out in social media: "20 Books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers." 

Social media hashtags: #20Books, #20Books20Days

Rather than trying to remember to post one a day in my social media, I am just making the list here, and you can see them all at once. These are in no particular order. I will add a small note that as much as possible I've tried to include the book covers of the editions I first read the books in, which for some older books were not easy to find, and I had to settle for an alternative. Some of these covers have a small history for me, but that would be another post for another time. 

 

Cien Años de Soledad 

 


 

 

El Alquimista


 

The Godfather

 

 

 

 

Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium

 

 

 Cuentos Folklóricos de Puerto Rico


 

Robotech (series)

 


Expendable

  

Watchmen


 

Batman: The Long Halloween

 

 

Bullfinch's Mythology

 

 

La Edad de Oro


 

Murder on the Orient Express


 

 

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

 

 

The Illustrated Guide to Tarot

 

 

365 Tarot Spreads

 

 

 Writing Down the Bones

 

 

Encyclopedia Brown (series)


  

The Martian Chronicles


 

The Forever War


 

Dune  


 

How about other readers out there? Want to share your 20 books? Feel free to comment below or if you have a blog post, share the link. Have you read any of these? 

 

 

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