books that have changed your life
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The Story of O
The Poor Mans James Bond
The Complete Books Of Knots
The kama Sutra
Atlas of Human Anatomy
The Tao of Jeet Kune Do
The Catalog Of Cruelty: An Illustrated Collection Of Ancient Restraints And Medieval Instruments Of Torture And Execution
KUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation
The Little Engine That Could
If you enjoyed Story of O, try Comfort Food, I got it as a free ebook through B&N0 -
Wow great thread; as a book addict with no plans to recover, I have books all over the place and reading beats TV/Movies anyday, This thread rocks!
Illusion- actually anything by Richard Bach, dating myself I know
The Color of Water by James McBride
Celestine prophecy series James Redfield
Anatomy of Peace
Fish
Castenada; once you dig past the datura.
Memnoch the Devil - made me explore religion more and examine my spirituality.
For vegging
Earth Series by Michael and Kathleen Gear
Belgaraid and Mallorean series by David Eddings
And for laughs Princess Bride, not life changing but funny and light hearted.
I know exactly what you mean about Memnoch the Devil! I feel the same way and I always finish the book thinking WOW, what a different point of view!
The Princess Bride is one of my ultimate favorites, along with the movie...which of course isn't as good as the book. I love the author's sense of humor. The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon is the same style....I find myself laughing out loud frequently.0 -
And for laughs Princess Bride, not life changing but funny and light hearted.
awww i LOVED this movie, i will have to check out the book on this one, the books are always better!
The book is a MILLION times better, and that's saying a lot cause the movie is one of my all time favorites. You just get to learn a lot more about the characters and you get to read all the little in between details they can never convey correctly in movies. I just learned the other day that Fight Club was a book first (which is another favorite of mine) so I can't wait to read that one since I know it will be awesome!0 -
It's Not You, It's Biology
The Teenage Liberation Handbook
French Women Don't Get Fat
On Killing
I thought I was the only one who read 'On Killing'. For a somewhat interesting view, 'Unrepentant Sinner' by Col. Charles Askins.0 -
The Drifters, James Mitchener. Loaned to my in my early teens by my Uncle. It ignigted my love of travel & exploration.
Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley. Introduced me to a spirituality other than Christianity. And gave me my (so far) life long love of all things Arthurian.0 -
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.
Great book I came into this thread with intentions of listing this book..between this and Drown it makes it obvious that Junot Diaz is a genius0 -
Oh The Places You'll Go by Dr. Suess
You Are Special by Max Lucado0 -
Honestly none. I read constantly, but books don't change my life. They are just another opinion or point of view to add to the hundreds of thousands that have contributed to mine. Many books have made me think, or brought certain topics to my attention, but no single book has that big an influence on me.
I like Paulo Coelo, I like Isabelle Allende and Louis de Bernieres, and Philippa Gregory (trash, but readable trash), and David Starkey, and Alison Weir. Mostly I like people's first novels as they usually put more of themselves into them than they do subsequent ones. I recently read South Riding, which is an amazing book. It really touched me. At the moment I am reading Reformation - Europe's House divided, by Diarmid McCulloch and Captain Blood by Sabatini (to satisfy my 6 year old's pirate obsession!). Next is Quest for the Holy Grail (again), and Henry II (Shakespeare).0 -
Not sure if they've changed my life but they've given me some incredible dreams and inspiration.
During my teens:
- The Infinite Plan and also Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
- Like water for chocolate by Laura Esquivel
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
I have too many!
Recently it'll probably be
- Unbearable likeness of being - Milan Kundera
- What I talk about when I talk about running by Haruki Murakami0 -
yesss like water for chocolate was an awesome book! that was one of the few movies that portrayed the book pretty accurately. i also like john grisham's 'the testament' very well written. world war z was surprisingly good as well.0
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1. When God was a Woman by Merlin Stone
2.The Golden Bough by Frazer
3. Books about Greek Myths
4. Jane Austen books
5. Books by the Brontes0 -
great book! Neil Gaiman is fab...I wished they'd make "American Gods" a movie0
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The Silence of Adam. Wish I'd read it two years BEFORE I was divorced.
When I was a kid, I also loved Jack London's books. They sort of stimulated a lasting dream of adventures in the wilderness.0 -
great book! Neil Gaiman is fab...I wished they'd make "American Gods" a movie
I finished that book about a month ago, it was interesting. I hear they're making it a TV series on HBO. Some info about it - http://www.slashfilm.com/american-gods/0 -
The Trial by Franz Kafka
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros0 -
Wow great thread; as a book addict with no plans to recover, I have books all over the place and reading beats TV/Movies anyday, This thread rocks!
Illusion- actually anything by Richard Bach, dating myself I know
The Color of Water by James McBride
Celestine prophecy series James Redfield
Anatomy of Peace
Fish
Castenada; once you dig past the datura.
Memnoch the Devil - made me explore religion more and examine my spirituality.
For vegging
Earth Series by Michael and Kathleen Gear
Belgaraid and Mallorean series by David Eddings
And for laughs Princess Bride, not life changing but funny and light hearted.
Love, love, LOVE, Anne Rice. I've read almost every single book and they really do have some very interesting takes on spirtuality.0 -
The Art of Racing in the Rain is an awesome book(I think the author is Garth Stein)!!
Anything by Nicole Seitz, but especially Trouble the Water.0 -
The Bible
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey0 -
I love everything about The House on Mango Street.The Trial by Franz Kafka
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
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The Glass Castle ....amazing book0
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The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach (and a bunch more of his books)
The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Prophet - Khalil Gibran
The Bible - Various
The Narnia Books - C.S. Lewis
The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkin
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Dreams Underfoot - Charles de Lint (and a whole bunch more of his books)
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dan brown is also pretty awesome. i was thinking about looking into 'the lost symbols'. i flew through da vinci code and angels and demons..i've also gotten into tanith lee... and read an excellent book called 'shadows over baker street' which are sherlock holmes stories that delve into the netherworld of h.p. lovecraft.0
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Curious George Goes to the Hospital
I've never eaten puzzle pieces since0 -
'a girl named disaster' by nancy farmer0
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Okkay ,I did this wrong .........0
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I read it years ago and it was great!!!Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier0 -
A lot of great books listed... like to add 'The Education of Little Tree'0
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Confederacy of Dunces0
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--->The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (my next tattoo is inspired from this book)
--->The Shack by William P Young
--->Do I Look Fat in This? by Jessica Weiner
--->Who Moved My Cheese? by Dr. Johnson
--->The Relationship Cure by John Gottman (actually a book I had to read for a college course, I ended up loving it)
--->Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results by Stephen Lundin0
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