The Influence of a Book (French: L'influence d'un livre, pronounced [lɛ̃flyɑ̃s dœ̃ livʁ]) is a novel by the Canadian writer Phillipe-Ignace François Aubert du Gaspé, first published in 1837.
Between alchemy, the courtship of his daughter Amélie, the legend of Rose Latulipe and the murder of the peddler Guilmette, there is a satirical theme aimed at spiritual poverty in Quebec.
The Influence of a Book, an English language translation by Claire Rothman, was published in 1993 and won the John Glassco Translation Prize in 1994.
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