books that have changed your life
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one thing i've been doing is going back to my reading lists form like middle and high school and reading those books again, loveee it, i get so much more out of them now since i don't 'have' to read them lol0
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The Perks of Being A Wallflower0
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1984 - George Orwell
The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
The Last Lecture0 -
Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill
Goals! - Brian Tracy
Go for No - Fenton & Waltz
Those 3 books are responsible for taking me from being an unsatisfied factory worker schlep to a successful business owner. True life changers that I heartily endorse.0 -
Wurthering Heights, by Emily Bronte. This was the first book I ever stayed up all night to read and when I finally feel asleep while reading the book, I dreamt about the characters. For me this book was the beginning of my love of reading and that is how it changed my life.0
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Native Son by Richard Wright
arrghhh!!! i read this book and i hated it, it was sooo depressing and i just couldn't get with it, but one thing i can say is that i never forgot it.
another one is 'kindred', 'our nig' and 'not without laughter'
'push' by sapphire made me cry, and 'for colored girls' almost did0 -
1. Fried Green Tomatoes At the Whistle Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg.
2. The Stranger by Albert Camus.
3. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury.
4. Animal Farm, by George Orwell.
5. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker.
6. The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold.0 -
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Disposable People by Dr. Kevin Bales
Problem from Hell by Samantha Powers
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
damn that was five there are so many more!0 -
Native Son by Richard Wright
arrghhh!!! i read this book and i hated it, it was sooo depressing and i just couldn't get with it, but one thing i can say is that i never forgot it.
another one is 'kindred', 'our nig' and 'not without laughter'
'push' by sapphire made me cry, and 'for colored girls' almost did
LOL!! exactttlyyyy!!! ugh! i was like..no...No...NOOOOOO noooo..aw.. *finishes* *puts away* *shakes head* LMAO
and whoever put the color purple i completely agree, GREAT book
also a good book is 'their eyes were watching god' by zora neale hurston. beautifully written. has anybody read 'the golden compass' by phillip pullman? it was AMAZING with descriptions and plot. read it in 8th grade and it was my introduction into the fantasy realm. i was hooked!0 -
1. Fried Green Tomatoes At the Whistle Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg.
6. The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold.
Fried Green Tomatoes is a great book . I have The Lovely Bones on my bookshelf, I will have to get it down and start it.0 -
When I was 17 it was The Bell Jar
Every time I read "To Kill A Mockingbird" I learn something new about myself.0 -
Stephen Hawkings "The Grand Design"
Kevin Grimwood "Replay"
Phillip Wylie "Tomorrow"
Robert Heinlein "I will fear no evil"
Jim Fixx "The complete book of Running:0 -
I've read "The Shack" it's a deep book, as well as Odd Thomas and quite a few others mentioned here. I don't have time atm to read the whole thread, so I'm just tagging it for now. Love this topic! I'd also love to hear "why" the books changed you, or why you were moved by them.0
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'persepolis' by marjane satrapi is wonderful. the entire book is written like a comic book and it's an autobiographical look at her rebellious teenage years in the 90s in iran during the reign of the shah.. it's amazing and also made me cry a bit
also 'things fall apart' by chinua achebe..really short book...150 pages tops. but it stuck with me for life.0 -
Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi............. :laugh:
(sorry, I just couldn't resist)0 -
'persepolis' by marjane satrapi is wonderful. the entire book is written like a comic book and it's an autobiographical look at her rebellious teenage years in the 90s in iran during the reign of the shah.. it's amazing and also made me cry a bit
also 'things fall apart' by chinua achebe..really short book...150 pages tops. but it stuck with me for life.
I remembered Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. I find myself taking notice of the symbolism in the story in real life too.0 -
The Five People You Meet in Heaven has changed my lives in more ways than I can count. I'm not much of a reader, but when I sat down to read that book, I tore through it in a couple of hours. Yes, it's a short book, but I couldn't stop reading it for two seconds.
Well, and the Bible too, of course.0 -
My Bible
Financial Peace by Dave Ramsey0 -
'anthem' by ayn rand.
i see people saying the bible. is there any particular book in the bible? have you read the entire unabridged bible? 'song of solomon' and 'proverbs' were life changing for me0 -
Millionaire Messenger by Brandon Bucchard
4 hour body by tim ferris0
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