I just finished reading a fabulous, thought-provoking, difficult book (in that it doesn't sugarcoat life, which can be just as hard to read as to live sometimes), and it made me think about all of the fiction and non-fiction books (because poetry is another post completely) that have really changed my perspective and caused me to be a different kind of person in some way or another. So here goes. I am sure I will leave out some incredibly important ones, but it's late and I'm just going to think off the top of my head here.
{In no particular order...}
1. the Bible
2. Roots, by Alex Haley
3. A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving
4. The Help, by Katherine Stockett
5. The Red Leather Diary, by Lily Koppel
6. The Prince of Tides, by Pat Conroy
7. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
8. Franny and Zooey, by J.D. Salinger
9. Redeeming Love, by Francine Rivers
10. East of Eden, by John Steinbeck
11. Honestly, by Sheila Walsh
12. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
13. Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese
14. My Life in Paris, by Julia Child
(Admittedly, as I look back over this list, I realize that what impacts me most are stories of incredible and unbelievable forgiveness and redemption, as well as stories that inspire me to get out there and do something.)
So, if anyone is following this blog yet, I'm curious: what books have changed you?
Hmmm...books that have changed me. I'd have to go with the Anne of Green Gables series; the Little House series; Lord of the Rings trilogy; The Good Earth; North to the Orient; Eat, Pray, Love; In the Time of the Butterflies; A Walk in the Woods; Nine and Counting; Mountains Beyond Mountains; The Places in Between; Animal, Vegetable, Miracle; and Three Cups of Tea! I love it when you can pinpoint the connection between some major part of your life and a book you've read.
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