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SkateboardFi
SkateboardFi Posts: 1,322 Member
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what are some books that completely altered your perspective or way of approaching life? i'm a ravenous book worm and i need some more books to read lol for me the top five are:

1. Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
2. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
3. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
4. 1984 by George Orwell
5. Assata by Assata Shakur
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  • sillygoose1977
    sillygoose1977 Posts: 2,151 Member
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    Life of Pi-Yann Martel
  • BeautifulScarsWECHANGED
    BeautifulScarsWECHANGED Posts: 749 Member
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    Women, Food and God.
  • elambabe
    elambabe Posts: 28
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    Women, Food and God.

    I would second this and "It's not what you're eating, it's what's eating you."


    BTW, I just finished "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett and LOVED it.
  • suzycreamcheese
    suzycreamcheese Posts: 1,766 Member
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    jonathan livingston seagull
    zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance
  • 2Heavy2Long
    2Heavy2Long Posts: 315 Member
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    The Automatic Millionaire by David Bach
  • wonnder1
    wonnder1 Posts: 460
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    Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking.


    But I don't think that's what you meant!


    Watership Down, Richard Adams.
  • syates83
    syates83 Posts: 87
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    I don't follow it anymore but it did spark the healthy person inside of me...Skinny *****.
  • willowrush
    willowrush Posts: 3
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    The Dogs of Babel. It is an odd book, but it really moved me. One of my favorites
  • Panda86
    Panda86 Posts: 873
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    The Holy Bible.......... what? Well, it has! :smile:
  • whitney22blue
    whitney22blue Posts: 29
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    Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
  • lisab42
    lisab42 Posts: 98 Member
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    Tuesdays with Morrie
  • courtclerkkris
    courtclerkkris Posts: 173 Member
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    The latest one I have read is "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo!! A MUST READ!!
  • kathywoo10
    kathywoo10 Posts: 139 Member
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    what are some books that completely altered your perspective or way of approaching life? i'm a ravenous book worm and i need some more books to read lol for me the top five are:

    1. Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
    2. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
    3. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
    4. 1984 by George Orwell
    5. Assata by Assata Shakur

    Ishmael and Assata would be two of the ones on my list too! Also, a book called Borrowed TIme by Paul Monette which is the true story of a man in the 80's who is losing his lover to AIDS. I read it shortly after my mom passed away and it really made me feel less lonely.
  • courtclerkkris
    courtclerkkris Posts: 173 Member
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    Tuesdays with Morrie

    ALL of Mitch Albom's...Five People you Meet In Heave, Tuesdays with Morrie, For One More Day!!! They are all life changing!!
  • shallo
    shallo Posts: 353 Member
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    Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz and On A Pale Horse by Piers Anthony. Weird choices probably but that's what they are.
  • Shrinking_Xtina
    Shrinking_Xtina Posts: 478 Member
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    The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.
  • jeanlake
    jeanlake Posts: 130 Member
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    1. Anatomy of Peace
    2. Good to Great
    3. Self Mediation (graduate textbook, but terrific)
    4. anything from LuAnne Rice
    5. To Kill A Mockingbird
    6. One Hundred Dresses (4th grade read -- life changer)
    7. Book of favorite poetry
    8. The Shack
  • andreae13
    andreae13 Posts: 239 Member
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    We the Living by Ayn Rand.....I couldn't stop crying at the end. I LOVE anything by her!!! Also We by Yevgeny Zamyatin was VERy interesting!!!!
  • Ajontheguitar
    Ajontheguitar Posts: 695
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    The Great Gatsby- Fitzgerald
  • SkateboardFi
    SkateboardFi Posts: 1,322 Member
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    great stuff, i'm gonna have a nice book list ahead of me, and yes, ayn rand is profound as well. has anyone read 'behold a pale horse'? i've heard great things!

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