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THE PASSION - Jeanette WintersonRead about another entry on the list.
Dazzling, inventive and boundary-pushing, The Passion blew my undergraduate mind by showing me what was possible in a novel. The story of a Venetian boatman's daughter and a soldier in Napoleon's army turned everything I knew about writing on its head, and inspired me to become a writer.
--Marshal Zeringue