Best thing you ever read

[jajdude]

Not sure if this is serious enough for serious talk but I just the other day read H.G. Wells short story 'The Star' and now my life is different. That is all.

[NikolaiI]

Asimov's pretty high on my list right now.

[cafolini]

My epitaph: Cafolini doesn't live here. Care to join?

[author1500less]

The recipe for Cuban bread. It taste better than Wonderbread and because it is homemade, it toasts extra crispy.

Now if there were a recipe for meeting a single woman, that might replace the cuban bread recipe.

If you want the bread recipe message me, it is easy to make without a bread machine or kitchen aid mixer.

[Buh4Bee]

I'll say it; I was changed or better yet, validated, for hating phonies after reading Catcher. I was pretty blown away after reading Camus- The Stranger. War and Peace had me thinking for a while. Roots by Alex Haley was very eye-opening for me. Just to name a few.

[The Comedian]

Walden continues to shape me into the person I am. . .and the writer that I am too.

[Buh4Bee]

Ah, I know I need to read Walden. One of the greatest American classics. And I could even go and visit the place.

[jajdude]

Though that story hit me good it didn't really change me. That was just cloud talk. J. Krishnamurti changed me. It was long ago as a student but no writer could hit me as good as he did. I'm still thinking about stuff he said, nearly 2 decades later.

[keilj]

I'm not a churchgoer, but probably the sermon on the mount in Matthew. It speaks to the deepest desires of the human heart: fairness, justice, hope. It is easily one of the most resonating passages in all of writing

In terms of lit - Grapes of Wrath

[jajdude]

I understand The Grapes of Wrath is big, but I don't get it. I simply couldn't read it. It bored me to no end and halfway through I feel asleep. Not feel asleep, just got sick of it and fast. Why is that book mentioned as a big deal.

[PoeticPassions]

EAST OF EDEN-- reading this book, for the second time, is what it must be like for people that read the Bible, and discover themselves, faith, etc.

BROTHERS KARAMAZOV forever changed me

ANNA KARENINA

'The Dead' by Joyce

A lot of Kafka still makes me wonder...

'Gurbet' (short story by Miljenko Jergovic-- Bosnian or Croat writer)

There are too many brilliant pieces. There is no 'best', but there are some that have altered my perception, such as the above.

[osho]

Best thing if ever I have to say is J Krishnamurti. He has always been a fountainhead of inspiration. He was an Independent thinker. He never sided with any particular school of thought and he spoke and wrote to release you or set you free. He was a great liberator.

I had some questions related to spirituality and I was seeking for answers to some of my spiritual questions. I listened to some of his discourses and he was able to deentangle my mind. I am now an independent thinker.

[Vonny]

Not sure if this is serious enough for serious talk but I just the other day read H.G. Wells short story 'The Star' and now my life is different. That is all.

You've piqued my curiosity about this story. If it isn't too personal, I wonder how it made your life different?