Not read loads but have been mostly horror like Stephen king – currently reading dark tower – hyperion and project hail mary. But I want to expand my reading to basically any books from any genre including non fiction that genuinely blew your mind, made you think differently, made you cry, shook your soul and flung you through a journey you just had to tell others about, knowing what an impact it had on you ?! pretty broad but theres so mamy books to choose from i like to hear what really stuck with people and why
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*The Jakarta method* by Vincent Bevins
The intensity of the impression is directly correlated with the recency. So, in that regard, M-0 by Tanasa. Philosophical dystopian fiction. Hidden gem, amazing read.
Cold-Blooded Kindness by Barbara Oakley
The following really made me think about life, the world, and myself at various points in my life:
The Road – Cormac McCarthy (apocalyptic fiction)
The Humans – Matt Haig (science fiction)
Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor Frankl (philosophy non-fiction)
All The Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr (historical fiction)
Pedagogy of the Oppressed – Paulo Friere (academic non-fiction)
I love this kind of question – those books that don’t just entertain you, they kind of rewire how you think a bit.
*East of Eden* by John Steinbeck did that for me – it’s not flashy, but the way it digs into human nature, choice, and morality just stuck in my head long after I finished it.
Substack’s The Next One Piece (thenextonepiece [dot] substack [dot] com) has been my favourite story recently – it surprised me with how much it leans into big themes like power, identity, and what people become under pressure. It’s one of those where you start for the story but stay because it keeps making you think.
*The Left Hand of Darkness* by Ursula K. Le Guin really expanded my perspective – especially around society and identity. It’s slower, but it kind of quietly reshapes how you see things.
And for something that hits emotionally, *A Thousand Splendid Suns* by Khaled Hosseini – that one genuinely stayed with me, it’s heavy but really human.