So I’m planning to finally make a childhood dream come true and go on a 4-month travel sabbatical. I want this to be a period of personal reflection and growth, and I’m looking for books that will help me in that objective.
What are your favourite transformative books, stories that changed your perspective on life? I’m in my early 30s if that helps.
I mostly enjoy fiction and can’t really do self-help. Some books I read recently and loved:
– Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow
– Educated
– Martyr!
– Orbital
Other all-time favourites:
– 1984
– Animal Farm
– The Secret History
– The Goldfinch
– My Brilliant Friend series
– Room
– Pachinko
– Sorrow and Bliss
I haven’t read a lot of classics but there are SO many recommendations out there I don’t even know where to begin! So if you read a book that changed your life (and bonus points if it’s something that goes well with a few months on the road), please leave a comment!
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The Alchemist
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Tiny, Beautiful Things
The Choice by Edith Eggers
Man’s Search for Meaning
Walking with Sam
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
Blindness
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Confederacy of Dunces
Les Miserables
Andersonville