Hey guys! I haven't read many books in the past 6 months, and I'm trying to get back into it. I'd love to hear some good recommendations of books that impacted you a lot and completely changed who you are or your worldview. Thanks in advance!
by LifeChildhood6544
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Start With Why
{{ She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb }}
{{ The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb }}
All Quiet on the Western Front
Fahrenheit 451
And it’s cliche af to say that The Catcher in the Rye had an impact on me, but I read it when I was 16, so …
Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro
Just thinking about Where the Red Fern Grows makes me tear up.
The Brothers Karamazov, particularly Father Zosima’s deathbed oratory.
Warrior of the Light by Paulo Coelho
Prince of tides – Pat Conroy
The Death of Ivan Ilyich – Tolstoy
The Remains of the Day – Ishiguro
I will stick with one author, Mark Helprin. Winters Tale and Soldier of the Great War are incredible stories with incredible prose. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
Middlesex- Jeffery Eugenides
Running with Scissors- Augusten Burroughs
The Things They Carried- Tim O’Brien
The Midnight Library – Matt Haig
Fahrenheit 451, a little life, project Hail Mary, pet sematary, animal farm, I’m glad my mom died
Night by Elie Weisel
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
Fall on your knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald (best opening line I’ve ever read)
The Gift of the Magi by O’Henry
The Easter Parade by Richard Yates
When breath become air 😩
1984 and Animal Farm. Absolute masterpieces!
Also, A Little Life
[The Tattooist of Auschwitz]() tattoo’d my soul.
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
The Hobbit and TLOTR trilogy by JRR Tolkien
Legacy by Susan Kay
Where Is Joe Merchant by Jimmy Buffett
The Coffin Dancer and Garden of Beasts both by Jeffrey Deaver
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
A Separate Peace
East of Eden