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Just wondering how a diverse group of people would answer this question ...

Which 5 books have had the most influence on your life?

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  1. nothingprofound
    The Tao-teh-Ching
    The Book of Ecclesiastes
    Leaves of Grass-Walt Whitman
    The Essays of Montaigne
    The Wisdom of the Heart-Henry Miller
  2. GenuineWoman
    1. Don Juan’s Teaching, Carlos Castaneda..."Does this path has a heart?"

    2. Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach..."We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill. We can be free!"

    3. The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov..."What is truth?"

    4. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho..."And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."

    5. The last and the best that can be in this World: Anastasia, Vladimir Megre..."Every new Man is born a sovereign, a king!"
    1. Thundercatt99
      Really interesting choices! Now off to the library ....
    2. GenuineWoman
      Which one are you interested in?
  3. askcherlock
    The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.
  4. dcarroll
    Republic(Plato), Brave New World (Huxley), Travels in Persia: 1673-1677 (Chardin), The Waste Land (Eliot), The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin (Brands)
  5. rfburnhertz
    The Bible.
    The Hunchback of Notre Dame (because it is the book which lead to my loving to read).
    The 5000 Year Leap.
    The Federalist (Papers).
    The Real George Washington.
  6. TheZapper
    1. Clifford the Big Red Dog
    2. Everyone Poops
    3. The Hobbit
    4. The Thin Red Line
    5. Fahrenheit 451
  7. Consciouslove
    The Lotus Sutra
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    The Alchemist
    Writing Down The Bones
    The Buddha in Daily Life
    The Buddha in Your Mirror
    Miffy
    Dougal and The Blue Cat
    Parenting for a Peaceful World

    The list could go on but these are books I have read and re-read
    Thanks for asking :-)
  8. wehireu
    1. The Book of Five Rings Musashi
    2. The Old Testament
    3. Epictetus the Enchiridion
    4. Tao Te Ching
    5. The Lives of the Twelve Caesars

    There are a few others.

    Of course nothing compares with One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr Seuss or Where The Wild Things Are
  9. krishnakk
    Atlas shrugged -- Ayn Rand
    The Wandering Jew -- Eugene Sue
    Blindness -- Jose Saramago
    Trilogy -- Issac Asimov
    Upanishads -- Indian Sages
  10. jeremyjanson
    The Bible
    White Fang by Jack London
    The Seawolf by Jack London
    Ringworld by Larry Niven
    An old book of Hopi Indian poems called "Many Winters"
  11. ismsandologies
    The Picture of Dorian Gray
    Collected Works of Zhuangzi
    Howl
    The Odyssey
    Jeeves and the Tie That Binds
  12. rogersdp
    1984.
    The God Delusion.
    The Kite Runner.
    Colour of Magic.
    Volpone.
  13. 79sparrows
    I can only think of 2:

    Catcher in the Rye
    Black Coffee Blues - Henry Rollins
  14. cazywaz
    The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - best book ever.
    To Kill a Mocking Bird
    Oliver Twist
    Pride and Predjudice

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