Which books are the ones that left a deep impact on your thinking?
or brought about notable change in your life?
The first book that left a major imprint on my psyche was Huxley's Brave New World. Atwood's The Robber Bride and Cat's Eye were wonderful introductions to women writing meaningfully about the lives of women. And quite by accident, when I was 17 I read three books in a row that were about men having mid-life crises: Lolita, Breakfast of Champions, and Steppenwolf. That was a trip.
I was never one for books with lessons learned, history, science or such things. Being a dreamer, I prefered stories with adventures, romance and mystery. I suppose they helped to shape who I am today...an avid day dreamer. But I do recall one National Scholastic book I bought through the schools called the 'Diary of Anne Frank'. It made me aware of the horrors of war and the unfairness through prejudice for being a particular nationality.
"The Last Victim" by Jason Moss. Scariest book I've ever read in my entire life.
Hello,
I know this is self-centered but the books I typed up made a real impact in my life when I read them for the first time after finishing them. I was not pleased with myself or my typing.
It made me upset over the fact that I was a poor editor.
Sincerely,
Seth
The Source by James Michener - also Hawaii
Aztec by Gary Jennings + the sequels
All of the books by Lee Child - Jack Reacher series
All of the books by Walter Farley that I read as a child.
All of the books written by Isaac Asimov and many other sci-fi authors
The Dragons of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
Wired and Amped by Douglas E. Richards
And the best book of all time - Watership Down by Richard Adams
Of course, almost every book I read leaves its mark and I read a lot of books!
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins has impacted me more than any other. I have questioned the existence of a "higher power" for at least a decade. This book finally made up my mind and urged me to explore the worlds of science and nature more closely. Non-Believer Nation by David Niose is also quite good.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
The Old Man and the Sea
Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind
Illusions
IT
Loved Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
The Austin series by Madeline L'Engle.
Nine Princes in Amber series by Roger Zelazny
The Great Divorce by CS Lewis
Blink by Ted Dekker
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
Narnia Series CS Lewis
I've read a lot of Richard Brautigan and JD Salinger but they didn't influence me positively.
by Wayne Barrett 10 years ago
What novel would you say has made the biggest impact on your life?John Stienbeck's, "Grapes of Wrath" Is a classic and is considered by many to be one of the top 10 novels in history. I read the novel and would agree with its excellence, but for me that opinion comes not so much from the...
by buckleupdorothy 12 years ago
Do you reread books (once, twice, every year)? If so, which ones and why?
by Haunty 11 years ago
I'm sure this has been asked tons of times in this forum (yes, I just said tons of times), but I still want to ask. What are some books, or The Book that have/has had a huge impact on your life? I'm not entirely convinced that a book is really capable of changing your life, because to do that you...
by Karen Gibson Roc 13 years ago
I recently wrote a hub about the 5 books that changed my lifeand got some great feedback...i thought maybe by posting the subject here we could share and exchange these book ideas...i would love to explore some of the books other people cherish and consider life changing!!
by LearnFromMe 12 years ago
Have you ever read a book that you just couldn't put down? What book and why?
by Ginny 12 years ago
What are the most violent books you have read?I just finished Battle Royale and was trying to figure out if there is a more violent book ever written? This was amazingly graphic and disturbing.
Copyright © 2024 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. HubPages® is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.
Copyright © 2024 Maven Media Brands, LLC and respective owners.
As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.
For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy
Show DetailsNecessary | |
---|---|
HubPages Device ID | This is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons. |
Login | This is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service. |
Google Recaptcha | This is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy) |
Akismet | This is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Google Analytics | This is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Traffic Pixel | This is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized. |
Amazon Web Services | This is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy) |
Cloudflare | This is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Hosted Libraries | Javascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy) |
Features | |
---|---|
Google Custom Search | This is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Maps | Some articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Charts | This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy) |
Google AdSense Host API | This service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Google YouTube | Some articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Vimeo | Some articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Paypal | This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Login | You can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Maven | This supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy) |
Marketing | |
---|---|
Google AdSense | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Google DoubleClick | Google provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Index Exchange | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Sovrn | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Ads | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Unified Ad Marketplace | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
AppNexus | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Openx | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Rubicon Project | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
TripleLift | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Say Media | We partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy) |
Remarketing Pixels | We may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites. |
Conversion Tracking Pixels | We may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service. |
Statistics | |
---|---|
Author Google Analytics | This is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy) |
Comscore | ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Tracking Pixel | Some articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy) |
Clicksco | This is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy) |