Top 10 Books That Have Influenced My Life
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The Color Purple
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Tao Te Ching, 25th-Anniversary Edition
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The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.)
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Lullaby
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I'm OK--You're OK
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The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition
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Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever
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The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress
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Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
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- The Color Purple by Alice Walker - The format of the book (letters between two sisters torn by an ocean and circumstances) and Celie's unorthodox concept of God spoke to me as a child.
- Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu - A bunch of verses with paradoxes and interesting scenarios that explains why we know and understand so little about existence, but reminds us that there's still so much to appreciate and enjoy.
- The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver - An American missionary family's experience in Africa, each chapter presented by a different member of the family, shows many sides to a shared situation.
- Lullaby, by Chuck Palahniuk - A cleverly written, intriguing, but utterly bizarre novel by the writer of Fight Club. I was moved by the narrator's style, and gained a new appreciation for subtly-crafted plots and turns in the story.
- I'm OK, You're OK, by Thomas Harris - A distillation of transactional analysis for the layman, Harris explains the three modes that govern out behavior and how to understand and work with them to achieve our best potential.
- The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair - The story of an immigrant family forced to endure inhumane working conditions working at a meat factory in the 1920s. Forces you out of complacency.
- Fantastic Voyage, by Ray Kurzweil - This brilliant inventor's thesis that we can combat aging by understanding the processes that accelerating aging.
- The Future and its Enemies by Virginia Postrel - Effective argument for the political center, against the ideologies and dogmas of the political extremes. Renews faith in human ingenuity to tackle the challenges that the future brings.
- Natural Capitalism by Amory Lovins - Presents a non-hysterical, completely rational case for investments in alternative energies as a way to make the world healthier and actually wealthier as well.
- Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough & Michael Braungart - Similar to #8 and #9 in that we don't have to accept waste, toxic and otherwise, as inevitabilities of the design process, and that human ingenuity and creativity can provide win-win answers. Gives many examples (including the book itself) of products that are designed to be reduced and recycled.
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I've always wanted to read I'm Ok, You're Ok!
I think Tao Te Ching is referred to in James Frey's A Million Little Pieces as the book that helped him change his life (if it's true, or not, we'll never know). I like Alice Walker as well, have you read Possessing the Secret of Joy? It is such a moving book. Nice choices here.
Wow...I hope it didn't give him the license to make up stuff! No, I haven't read Possessing the Secret of Joy - will definitely look it up. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Mark Rollins says:
13 months ago
Enjoyed your choice of books. Definitely want to check them out. I'll let you know what I think.