Have you ever read a book that you found life changing? What book was it?
Have you ever read a book that you found life changing? What book was it?
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Have you ever read a book that you found life changing? What book was it?
Go ask Alice
Started my love for reading
Prozac Nation
I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb. ❤️
Yes
She comes undone
Following !
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Atlas Shrugged. Read it in college. Life changing not necessarily because I agree with everything it stands for (my views have morphed in more ways than one as I’ve aged) but I loved the way it made me think. Will always be my favorite
I like your reasoning. I’ve not read it but I like your response.
Mans search for meaning victor frankl
“The Slight Edge” by Jeff Olsen
Redeeming Love by: Francine Rivers
I love that book ❤️
What’s it like?
I buy every copy of this book that I come across and give it to people, I think everyone in the world should read this book! It will wreck your soul and heal it all at the same time!!!!!
@Stephanie wow
maybe that is a little crazy but it is amazing book
@Stephanie I need something good!!!
Added to my TBR. Thanks.
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Inkheart
Better than Before
Hmmm I think anytime you can come away from reading a book thinking about some part of the plot it changes you. I think those are the best books
Wizards first rule by Terry goodkind
I enjoyed that book as well. I started reading the series but never finished. And now it’s not really my genre of interest. Good choice tho.
Others might think its silly but Karen Kingsbury’s angels walking was a huge eye opener for me. I loved it dearly. Read it 3-4 years ago and its still fresh on my mind. Biggest life changing story to me even tho others might not see it that way ❤
She’s one of my favorite authors
@Jennifer its not a book others might look at and think is eye opening but it def puts in persepctive just how are among us and work to help us. If you havent read it i HIGHLY recommend it. If you have, i hope you enjoyed it! ❤
I’ve read it! I read most of her books. I have a couple I need to read though
I have unlocked in my tbr pile currently! And would love to read baxter books eventually!
Doesn’t matter what others think. It’s what it did for you. The author would be pleased to know this, I should think. ?
I adore Karen Kingsbury ??
Of mice and men
Good one!
Oh yes. I still have that one epic scene early in my mind. Easy too since it’s referenced so often. ?
I enjoy mystery and suspense, but I have never read a book that changed my life. That would be a hell of a book.
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I can say that Me Before You broke my heart and I’m still not over it after over two years
Hes not that into you, or something to that effect… at the time it really helped me
The Red Tent… its set in biblical times and how all the women would go to the red tent when its their monthly time. Learned alot plus the power of women.
Yes! My very favorite!!
Very good.
One of my favorites!
Me too
Loved the Red Tent…awesome book!
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The Shipping News
Based in Newfoundland ?
Yes!
@Cresta I’m very familiar with it ? I’m from Newfoundland, too !
Wonderful! Did you like the book?
One of my favourite books!
The Stranger by Albert Camus
The Shack
the shack
I know why the caged bird sings.
Maya Angelou, correct? I want to read her books. Is this a good one to start with? I’m guessing so
@Lynette that is definitely the one you should start with. I envy you. I wish I could read it for the first time again.
The Shack
Is this by William Paul Young
Being Mortal by Atul Gwande was amazing and made quite an impression. Outlander also- ruined all other books for me as I compare them to that series
Jane Eyre. Read it for English in grade 10 and it captivated me in the first three pages. I was stunned. I’ve tried to figure out why since but I cannot. I just remember “this isn’t like Sweet Valley High or my Archie comics.” ?
And I was hooked on “meaty” reads thereafter
Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
Following!
Fahrenheit 451
Brave New World and The Bluest Eye and Generation X
Following Atticus and Will’s Red Coat by Tom Ryan
All Quiet on The Western Front
“It is very strange that the unhappiness of the world is so often brought on by small men.”
When young: Diary of Anne Frank, as older “Atlas Shrugged”
Big fish
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Following. I’m just about to start The 5 Love Languages so I’m to come away with a lot of knowledge.
the handmaids tale is definitely up there. another really influencial book was jasper jones
All Brene Brown books
Yes Brene brown
All The Bright Places by Jennifer Neven.
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Harry Potter because it brought me back to enjoying reading
Living to face the music Nick Carter’s book from the backstreet boys.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. When I was in 5th grade. It made me a dedicated reader for life.
The Perks of being a wallflower. Grabbed it in the airport book shop maybe 3-4 years ago so I read it as an adult. I have never related or felt more moved by a book before.
I just read it a few months ago and now it’s my all time favorite book!
I related to it during high school. Now that I’ve gotten past that stage in my life I still like to reread it on occasion.
It’s really a nostalgic read for me
Angela’s Ashes, Gone with the Wind…
Gone with the wind is my favorite novel
Jennifer Adams I read it when I was living in Israel. It was left behind in my room by a former roomate. It transported me. ❤️
Angela’s Ashes is such a great book
Just finished it today. I read several books a week and this will go down as one of my all time favorites.
I read the summary and it made me cry. I will definitely have to read this one!!!
You won’t regret it, I promise. I read it in less than a day. Actually, I listened to it on my Otto app.
The Glass House
ALL TIME FAVORITE BOOK
The Glass Castle or the mystery?
Love yourself like your life depends on it – by kamal ravikant.
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Prince ombra
The Alchemist
The Grapes of Wrath, The Stand, and A Prayer for Owen Meany got me hooked on reading!
Comb a noodle with a three legged stool
I Know This Much is True, Wally Lamb.
Eat pray love
not like changing but running with scissors got me excited about reading again
Tuesdays With Morrie! ❤️
Agree 100%. ❤️
This list gave me some great reads to add to my book list. ?
@Stacey have you read Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler? Love!
Nope but will add to my list. At this moment I am reading Small Great Things in my Boulder, CO hotel. ?
The harry potters
The Color Purple, Angela’s Ashes, Night ……
Ohhhh Night was unreal! So moving!
@Joanna, I will put this on my reading list.
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit; The Religions of Man: The Golden Bough; Krakatoa; King of The Wind
Following
The Calling of Dan Mathews
Following
Quiet, but Susan Cain
The Four Agreements
Celestine Prophecy ?
Out On A Limb – Shirley Maclaine
The secret by Rhondda Bryne. Completely changed my life for the better ❤ I still read it today, more as a reference
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Its 5* people. But sooo good
@Megan lol that’s what I meant ?
@Taryn we knew what you meant
The Second Son ??
Outliers
The 5 Love Languages.
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Siddhartha
Devine Revelation of Hell
The Sacred Journey of The Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman and The Celestine Prophecy.
Satan Proof Your Home
God’s Favorite Color Is Blue
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. I really identified with the main character who kept returning to her life of abuse bc she couldn’t believe/accept she deserved anything better.
Hogfather by Terry Prachett
The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins
You can heal your life by Louise Hay
Dice man
The Diary of Anne Frank, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, The Giving Tree to name a few.
Grapes of Wrath
“The Happiness Trap”! https://www.bookdepository.com/book/9781845298258/?a_aid=best-books
Probably Boy in the Striped Pajamas was the most life changing. Really made me think about why we as humans judge others because of their birth or religeon
I still cry for Shmül
So do I 🙁
Me without you
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
heinlein stranger in a strange land
Beloved by Toni Morrison, As I Lay Dying by Faulkner, Wuthering Heights,
No novels have changed my life but one book that has is “Coping with Trauma. Hope Through Understanding” by Jon G Allen Ph.D I’ve read it three times.
The Bible. Found answers to all life problems, forgiveness and redemption.
The Wind Call, Seabird, Amigo,
Little House in the Big Woods, as a child. Gandhi’s autobiography. Steppenwolf, Gormenghast, the Hobbit, Dandelion Wine. All the great ones do if you’re listening.
Man’s search for meaning
No.
The Journey by Brandon Bays
Not one for the kiddies to over hear but is very motivational and gets your priorities in check. Loving this at the moment ?
Sounds good!
@Jean so far it makes complete sense x
Eat, Pray, Love was an eye-opener for me. Anything by Paolo Coelho was always deep, meaningful and profound for me too.
The Bible, it is the lamp unto ones feet and the light to ones path!
One hundred pieces of me by Lucy Dillon. Tuesday’s with Morrie, 5 people you meet in heaven!
Illusions by Richard Bach.?
Same kind of different as me
Currently reading a children’s book that will astonish adult readers and change your entire thoughts about the world and civilization as you “generally” know it. This nonfiction book is mind altering, Outbreak, Plagues that Changed History, by Bryn Barnard, c. 2005
So many …
Vein of gold by Julia Cameron.
The Alchemist Paulo Coehlo
A little life. There is a bit in there about knowing which 2/3 things you can’t live without in a partner which honestly stuck with me
The one by Hanya Yanagihar?
That’s the one!
She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti. The Red Tent. To Kill a Mockingbird. Of Mice and Men.
I loved To Kill A Mockingbird.
Who Moved My Cheese.
All I Ever Needed to Know, I Learned In Kindergarten. Not exactly life changing, but then it was food for thought. As was, The Best Thing That Almost Happened to Morris Bird III.
Ishmael
The Four Agreements
a new earth
The Continuum Concept, The Politics of Breastfeeding & Unconditional Parenting
The life changing magic of tidying up my marie kondo
A thousand splendid suns
A Little Life
The Road Less Travelled
The Alchemist Paulo Coelho