Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder. After reading this book suddenly i understood so many things.
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I have three
Hatchet (younger years)
The Magic of Thinking Big (college years)
The Power of Now (Adulting years)
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Tuesdays with Morrie
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Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
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The golden compass trilogy
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This is Vegan Propaganda by Ed Winters
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The Lord Of The Rings.
It got me out of an impasse at a time when I didn’t know what to do in my life.
Virtual_Good_5148 on
The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak. I read it at a time when I had emotionally hit rock bottom and that book was like a soothing balm.
Dr_Sunshine211 on
Angry All The Time.
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Untethered soul by Michael Singer.
I recently went through a rough time in my life, I was plagued with major anxiety after a few traumas happened to me and I felt like I had lost control of my brain. I felt helpless and overwhelmed with negative, ruminating thoughts every second of the day. This book empowered me, reminding myself that my thoughts mostly untrue , they are simply thoughts that I am listening to. So I regained control of my mind and realised I can simply choose whether to listen or silence my negative thoughts and distinguish from reality and anxiety. , It taught me how to let go of pain, anger, sadness etc to allow for inner peace.
stopothering on
Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky.
The book tells the despicable nature of human beings thoroughly.
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“A Heart That Works” by Rob Delaney
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Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin.
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Lonesome dove. Not a book about the meanings of life or philosophy or overcoming trauma. It’s just a novel that made me fall deeply in love with the art of storytelling after a book slump. I loved this book so much.
A NF read that hit me hard is: nothing to envy
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‘Hold me tight’ by Sue Johnson
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Tuesday with Morrie
ATH1993 on
The leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.
I’m not even sure why. That might make me a poor reader. But the story on the whole really connected with me.
IntroductionSad4480 on
The Alchemist
Fahrenheit 451
Jolly_Gazelle_2749 on
Ready player one got me back in to reading
OnionMesh on
*How to Read Lacan* by Slavoj Zizek
it introduced me to psychoanalysis and set me on a long and arduous path that will never end
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To Kill a Mockingbird. I read it as a struggling freshman business major. It blew me away. I quickly changed my major to English and four years later became a high school English teacher. 👍
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I read “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch every couple of years. It’s always given me some much need perspective at times when I’m feeling lost. Just picked it up again after my first child was born.
CosmicPharaoh on
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Motivation Manifesto has helped me shift back towards my true self.
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The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. It came just at the right time in my life. I am grateful for every single page in that book.
No-Response3675 on
Man’s search for meaning
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For me, it will always be “When Things Fall Apart” by Pema Chodron
desiktm on
Mans search for meaning… A short book but i got it when I was at lowest and i was like 15… Truely changed my life
lawlietxx on
Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
It gave totally different perspective on how jobs are in current corporate world.
sincerelyabsurd on
On the Road changed my life. At the time it wasn’t an altogether positive change but everything worked out in the long run.
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The Kite Runner
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Infinite Jest
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The Bell Jar. It made me feel like my depression was real
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Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder. After reading this book suddenly i understood so many things.
I have three
Hatchet (younger years)
The Magic of Thinking Big (college years)
The Power of Now (Adulting years)
I was given Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by a weird ass yet pretty awesome math teacher. I learned that books weren’t exclusively stuffy and, “what does the green light symbolize”-type stuff. Ironically, that realization helped me appreciate stuffy green light lit, too.
Tuesdays with Morrie
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
The golden compass trilogy
This is Vegan Propaganda by Ed Winters
The Lord Of The Rings.
It got me out of an impasse at a time when I didn’t know what to do in my life.
The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak. I read it at a time when I had emotionally hit rock bottom and that book was like a soothing balm.
Angry All The Time.
Untethered soul by Michael Singer.
I recently went through a rough time in my life, I was plagued with major anxiety after a few traumas happened to me and I felt like I had lost control of my brain. I felt helpless and overwhelmed with negative, ruminating thoughts every second of the day. This book empowered me, reminding myself that my thoughts mostly untrue , they are simply thoughts that I am listening to. So I regained control of my mind and realised I can simply choose whether to listen or silence my negative thoughts and distinguish from reality and anxiety. , It taught me how to let go of pain, anger, sadness etc to allow for inner peace.
Notes from Underground by Dostoevsky.
The book tells the despicable nature of human beings thoroughly.
“A Heart That Works” by Rob Delaney
Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin.
Lonesome dove. Not a book about the meanings of life or philosophy or overcoming trauma. It’s just a novel that made me fall deeply in love with the art of storytelling after a book slump. I loved this book so much.
A NF read that hit me hard is: nothing to envy
‘Hold me tight’ by Sue Johnson
Tuesday with Morrie
The leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.
I’m not even sure why. That might make me a poor reader. But the story on the whole really connected with me.
The Alchemist
Fahrenheit 451
Ready player one got me back in to reading
*How to Read Lacan* by Slavoj Zizek
it introduced me to psychoanalysis and set me on a long and arduous path that will never end
To Kill a Mockingbird. I read it as a struggling freshman business major. It blew me away. I quickly changed my major to English and four years later became a high school English teacher. 👍
I read “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch every couple of years. It’s always given me some much need perspective at times when I’m feeling lost. Just picked it up again after my first child was born.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Motivation Manifesto has helped me shift back towards my true self.
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. It came just at the right time in my life. I am grateful for every single page in that book.
Man’s search for meaning
For me, it will always be “When Things Fall Apart” by Pema Chodron
Mans search for meaning… A short book but i got it when I was at lowest and i was like 15… Truely changed my life
Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
It gave totally different perspective on how jobs are in current corporate world.
On the Road changed my life. At the time it wasn’t an altogether positive change but everything worked out in the long run.
The Kite Runner
Infinite Jest
The Bell Jar. It made me feel like my depression was real