I have to add Siddharta and The Pilgrim's Regress in my list.
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I have to add Siddharta and The Pilgrim's Regress in my list.
Charlotte's Web, everytime....and I am not kidding.
Siddhartha, 1984, Stranger in a Strangeland,The Stranger, On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematics and Related Systems (Godel's Incompleteness thereom); Godel, Escher, Bach: Eternal Golden Braid; and Demian (made me realise that there are other and better novels out there than what Tom Clancy writes)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy. The story is about a dying civil serveant, and with only a couple of days left to live he realizes that he has lived his life poorly.
It will make you want to change right away, if you haven't already.
Cheesy, but "The Purpose Driven Life" is one of my favorite books. I let it sit on my shelf for two years before picking it up, and once I finally did, I regretted that I had not done it sooner. It's one that you can pick up over and over, throughout your life, and the words will ALWAYS apply.
Byzantium by Stephen Lawhead
Watership Down by Richard Adams (got me into reading in fifth grade)
Chronicals of Narnia (opened the world of fantasy)
The Sun Also Rises - (brought me back to reality, occasionally)
I would have to say that it Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. I had to read it in my english class in high school and it opened up the wonderful love of classic literature that I have now. so i have my senior english teacher to thank.
I forgot about two that I haven't read in a long time:
To Kill a Mockingbird
Great Expectations
I always wished I had that ability to tease and torment the way Estella did. In reality I could not be more her opposite.
The Brave New World (changed my life the biggest)
Tao De Chin (changed me a lot)
Ishmael ( changed me some what)
Woolf's "A Room of One's Own" is the book that changed my life
Ever since that, I've been obsessed with books
I'm currently reading it and already miss some days...
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Originally Posted by Satine
I would say that Huxley, both in his Brave New World and Time Must Have a Stop has changed my life and the way I look at things quite significantly. Also, Fritjof Capra's The Tao of Physics.
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LOL, yeah, I missed a LOT of days! I think it took me 3 months to get through it, so don't feel bad!! :)
Books that changed my life, well the list is indeed long.
Without a doubt number one book has got to be
Simon Blackburn - Think, most amazing book you will ever read opens your mind to alot of new ideas and is a good foundation for further readings into Philosophy and Existentialism.
Iris Murdoch (Existentialists and Mystics) - Samuel Beckett (Waiting for gardot) Cant really get much better the king and queen of existentialism in my book really have got to give it a read.
Finally Good trio to Read Starting With Dante Allighieri's - Hell, Aldous Huxley - Limbo and John Milton - Paradise Lost. Fascinating, well written and creates an appreciation for the classic's...
Every book that I read changes my life in some sort of way, big or small. But the one book I can think of that will always stay with me is Susan Kay's ~ Phantom. One of the best books I've ever read and it changed me in so many different ways.