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Author Min Jin Lee's Lifetime of Books

This collection of books is derived from a NY Times essay "A Lifetime of Reading Taught Min Jin Lee How to Write About Her Immigrant World". The essay was written by Min Jin Lee herself; she is the author of "Free Food for Millionaires" and "Pachinko," a National Book Award finalist. She is writer in residence at Amherst College.
Items 1-8 are specific books Min Jin Lee has read while 9-16 are representative works of authors who were an important influence.
Update: Ms. Lee, please do this list so that at least one person may have read "East Goes West" by Younghill Kang.
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Strawberry Girl (Lois Lenski)
Strawberry Girl
1
Lois Lenski
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
2
Betty Smith
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
3
Theodore Dreiser
Old Man Goriot (Honoré De Balzac)
Old Man Goriot
4
Honoré De Balzac
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
5
William Shakespeare
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
6
Thomas Hardy
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass/USA)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
7
Frederick Douglass/USA
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
8
V.S. Naipaul
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
9
Nella Larsen
Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Babbitt
10
Sinclair Lewis
Bread Givers (Anzia Yezierska)
Bread Givers
11
Anzia Yezierska
Brown Girl, Brownstones (Paule Marshall)
Brown Girl, Brownstones
12
Paule Marshall
Call It Sleep (Henry Roth)
Call It Sleep
13
Henry Roth
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
14
James Baldwin
Dictee (Theresa Hak Kyung Cha)
Dictee
15
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
East Goes West (Younghill Kang)
East Goes West
16
Younghill Kang
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