Books that have changed your life

[Doom_On_Horseback]

I've read a few which really have shaped my outlook on life. Would love to know others as I'm always keen for a recommendation.

So many books, so little time....

 

[red_harrington]

Dice Man

I didn't cut my hair for a year

 

[Doom_On_Horseback]

Dice Man

I didn't cut my hair for a year

Never heard of that one RH...And a quick google...looks very intriguing.

 

[red_harrington]

Well it will change your life if you take heed of the contents, but TBH I would not recommend doing so!

Seriously, for non-fiction try Factfulness

Fiction anything by George Orwell

 

[Doom_On_Horseback]

Well it will change your life if you take heed of the contents, but TBH I would not recommend doing so!

Seriously, for non-fiction try Factfulness

Fiction anything by George Orwell

I understand what you mean after reading the synopsis. I've read 1984 but nothing else.
I love the sound of Factfulness.

 

[rkangel]

"Moby d*ck" by Herman Melville, because all of life is there. "Bad Wisdom" by Bill Drummond and Mark Manning, because it's a lesson in fandom and extremity and Louis de Bernieres' South American Trilogy because it's a great story brilliantly told.

 

[r00fie1]

Robert Trestle - Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
George Orwell - Animal Farm
William Golding - Lord of The Flies
V.S.Naipaul - Miguel Street
Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room
John Reed - Ten Days That Shook The World

 

[HarryVegas]

Funnily enough, of all the serious, thick books I've read, the one that spoke to me and stayed with me was Scully by Alan Bleasdale. I was just turned 20, in a job I hated and what I really wanted to do for a living was nowhere near the horizon. Scully was very funny, working class and made me realise it was OK to dream about fitting in somewhere which was outside the realm of normal 9-5 jobs.

 

[Borobarmy]

Surprised nobody has mentioned the bible

 

[Colin Warnek]

Brave New World alongside 1984. The two greats of the 20th century for me.

 

[El Guapo]

Tales of King Arthur (ladybird books) helped me develop a love of reading

 

[atypical_boro]

Neil Warnock’s autobiography. After reading it years ago I started to lead the charge on social media for his appointment at Boro. Then it happened this year and I’m basically saying that it was all because of me.

 

[kuepper]

Zola - Germinal
Kafka - The Trial
Heller - Catch-22
Marx and Engels- Communist Manifesto

 

[NoloBoro]

Papillon - Henri Charriere
Another vote for the Ragged Trousered Philanthropist.
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Les Miserable
Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
Coming up for air - George Orwell

 

[bear66]

Germinal - Emile Zola

 

[A]

To kill a mockingbird. As relevant now as it was when it was written

 

[r00fie1]

Zola - Germinal
Kafka - The Trial
Heller - Catch-22
Marx and Engels- Communist Manifesto

Maybe:
Trotsky - Revolution Betrayed and Permenant Revolution.
Lenin - Imperialism.The Highest Stage of Capitalism.

I think books are powerful and add to our understanding and interpretation of the world.
Catch 22 - I didnt know whether to add that, but its certainly a book I read intently first time.

 

[Ex Footy Legs]

The road less travelled. Scott peck.

 

[r00fie1]

Mein Kampf - Adolph Hitler.
I read this first as a teenager to attempt an understanding of the basis for Hilter`s National Socialism.
Alongside Milliband`s "The State in Capitalist Society" and Eric Hobsbaum`s "Industry and Empire", I gained an historical perspective and understanding of historical materialism.

Understanding tyranny, the quote by Heinrich Hein has stayed in my mind and a constant reminder of how the powerful willingly commit genocide to retain their control over humanity.

 

[Wtf]

Dice Man

I didn't cut my hair for a year

I started to read this years ago and I didn't enjoy it, might have another go.

for me "of mice and men" plus Complicity and The Wasp Factory by Iain banks