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May 10, 2010 12:45 pm

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• 1. The Razor's Edge - W. Somerset Maugham
  2. Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
  3. Dune - Frank Herbert
  4. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
  5. On the Road - Jack Kerouac

  May 10, 2010 1:08 pm
  by zensmile

• Circle of Quiet - Madeline L'Engle

  May 10, 2010 1:43 pm
  by sclariday

• The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
  The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
  All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque
  Beyond the Black River - Robert E. Howard

  May 10, 2010 3:36 pm
  by Golem100

• Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
  
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  May 11, 2010 3:34 am
  by newhairmd12368

• An interesting questions and I am sure I will want to revise my answer after I have given it more thought but: the two that immediately spring to mind are:
  
  The Iliad - Homer (kick started a love of Classical Studies that I went on to study at University)
  
  The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck (a remarkable book that is still my favourite book ever. Prior to this I had only been reading modern fiction. This book put me on a path to read a lot of older classic fiction and has considerably broadened my literary knowledge as a result)
  
  I would struggle to come up with 8 more that have played as important a role.

  May 11, 2010 8:25 am
  by cresswga

• 1. The Bible - God
  2. Cross and the Switchblade - Wilkerson
  3. To Kill a Mockingbird - Lee
  4. First Days of School - Wong
  5. Don't Waste Your Life - Piper

  May 11, 2010 1:00 pm
  by cwoodrome

• 1.The BIBLE- A complete book in itself. It is so compact. It touches all areas of life. The BEST book ever.
  2.Basket Of Flowers, by Christoph Von Schmid.
  3.The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier

  May 12, 2010 11:04 am
  by sharls3js

• The Bible
  Same Kind of Different As Me-Denver Moore and Ron Hall
  What Difference Do It Make-Denver Moore and Ron Hall
  Of Mice and Men- John Steinbeck
  Horseman,Pass By-Larry McMurtry
  To Kill A Mockingbirf-Harper Lee
  The Secret Life of Bees-Sue Monk Kidd
  The Chronicles of Narnia-C.S. Lewis
  Say You're One Of Them-Uwem Akpan

  May 12, 2010 2:43 pm
  by LSPIRES

• Magnificent Obsession - Lloyd C. Douglas
  Candide - Voltaire
  The Adventures of Robin Hood - Howard Pyle
  Ecclesiates
  Don Quixote - Cervantes
  All quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque
  East of Eden - John Steinbeck
  All the Kings Men - Robert Penn Warren
  The Art of Thinking - Ernest Dimnet
  How Green Was My Valley - Richard Llewellyn

  May 12, 2010 9:58 pm
  by Samspade

• The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

  May 13, 2010 12:38 pm
  by captsavetheworld

• Oh oh, and Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle, reading that now and it is amazing how powerful it is.
  No One Here Gets Out Alive - Danny Sugerman, my first novel ever, powerful first hand account of a dynamic personality. Started my love of reading. I was a 10th grader and before that I hated to read.

  May 13, 2010 12:45 pm
  by captsavetheworld

• I will never wear uncomfortable shoes again, after reading "Snowflower and the Secret Fan" by Lisa See. This book has influenced my footwear choices forever.

  May 17, 2010 10:16 pm
  by moengey

• Also, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand. A book that tells us you can fall in love even if you're in your Eighties. The right person could still be out there. Life is unfair, but not hopeless.

  May 18, 2010 11:52 am
  by moengey

• Don Quixote
  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  Shambhala, The Sacred Path of the Warrior
  Of Mice and Men
  Travels With Charly
  Seven Storey Mountain
  Seeds of Contemplation
  The Miracle of Mindfulness
  Living Buddha, Living Christ
  Peace is Every Step
  Sometimes a Great Notion
  ... and so many more

  May 21, 2010 7:34 am
  by Rocci

• To Kill A Mockingbird (Lee)
  Walking on Water (L'Engle)
  The Hummingbird's Daughter (Urrea)
  The Good Earth (Buck)
  The Lord of the Rings (Tolkien)
  Alice in Wonderland (Carroll)

  May 21, 2010 8:35 am
  by TexasDeb

• A Long and Happy Life
  Gone With the Wind
  Candide

  May 21, 2010 10:37 pm
  by bets811

• Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally
  Ordinary People by Judith Guest
  Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther
  The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
  Roots by Alex Haley
  The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
  The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
  A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
  The Giver by Lois Lowry
  One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

  May 21, 2010 10:52 pm
  by veronicasoaib

• The Bible
  Same Kind of Different as Me
  The Hole in Our Gospel
  Ten Stupid Things Women Do To Mess Up Their Lives

  May 22, 2010 3:00 pm
  by Mom1

• Elric of Melnibone
  All Quiet On The Western Front
  Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
  Shaun O'Day of Ireland
  Little House On The Prarie, et.al.
  Roots
  Dragonsong/Dragonsinger/Dragondrums
  Go Ask Alice

  May 22, 2010 3:41 pm
  by Xena13

• The Bible
  The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
  The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
  A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
  Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

  May 22, 2010 9:11 pm
  by sonata58

• Hands down no question about it Flatland. It is the only book I can genuinely say changed my life.

  May 24, 2010 4:01 pm
  by jwaldowski

• Hmmmm....would have to say that Gone With the Wind was the book that really started the reading flame burning. I picked it up in 4th grade and have read it over and over. I love the story. More recently, it was The Awakening by Kate Chopin. Made me re-evaluate things and question my own life and my own relationships and whether I am conforming to what others want me to be or what I want me to be.

  May 25, 2010 10:10 am
  by Allisonrhodes2006

• Let Us Now Praise Famous Men by James Agee and Walker Evans
  Joy of Man's desiring by Jean Giono
  The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram
  Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
  The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel by Nikos Kazantzakis
  Lanark: A Life in 4 Books by Alisdair Gray
  Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter
  Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander

  May 25, 2010 10:48 am
  by spezoid

• Walden
  Moby Dick
  Lust for Life
  Wuthering Heights
  an odd grab bag, I know, but there you are.

  May 25, 2010 8:25 pm
  by dergewil

• eternal city,93(hugo),billy budd sailor(melville),

  May 27, 2010 9:19 pm
  by onygen

• Lust for life, Irving Stone (bio of VanGogh)

  May 27, 2010 11:55 pm
  by pradeeps

• Summer of the Swans, Betsy Byars It gave me my career choice (spec. ed. teacher) and turned me on to reading as a child.

  May 29, 2010 10:11 am
  by Dickens.Twain

• 1. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
  2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
  3. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
  4. Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
  5. This Book is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All by Marilyn Johnson
  6. Notes From No Man's Land by Eula Biss
  7. Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
  8. Persepolis by Marjan Satrapi
  9. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
  10. Speak by Laurie Anderson

  Jun 1, 2010 1:08 am
  by ashbrux

• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
  Changed the way I see destiny and life's absurdities.

  Jun 1, 2010 1:45 pm
  by virginiav

• The Bible
  My Utmost for His Highest-Oswald Chambers
  Three People-Isabella Alden
  Hind's Feet-Hannah Hurnard

  Jun 1, 2010 2:22 pm
  by paulajo

• The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists - Robert Tressell (as true today as when it was written, a book everyone should read)
  When Bad Things Happen to Good People - Harold S Kushner (helped me to gain perspective and was a huge support after a loss)

  Oct 7, 2011 4:07 am
  by nicnic

• oh, and
  A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali - by Gil Courtemanche and Patricia Claxton (incredibly moving, a tough read but well worth it)

  Oct 7, 2011 4:11 am
  by nicnic

• the alchemist by Paulo Coelho. it is a very inspiring book that taught me to follow my heart.

  Oct 14, 2011 5:39 am
  by anisha_astrologer