Name the Books That Impacted You The Most.

by XJW4EVR 68 Replies latest jw friends

  • XJW4EVR
    XJW4EVR

    Anything by Raymond Franz is a given.

    1984

    Siddartha

    Lord of the Flies

    Grapes of Wrath

    Of Mice & Men

    Where the Red Fern Grows

    Dune

    2001

    For Whom the Bells Toll

    The Old Man & the Sea

    The Sun Also Rises

  • littlerockguy
    littlerockguy
    Lord of the Flies

    Grapes of Wrath

    Of Mice & Men

    I have to agree on you on these. I dont see how anybody cannot read "The Grapes of Wrath" and not be a changed person after finishing it. John Steinbeck really had a way of making you feel and experience different emotions so much while reading his literature.

    When I was a senior in high school English class we were to do an oral book report but were only suppose to give it in only 5 minutes and no longer. I did mine on William Golding's Lord of the Flies and went over 15 minutes, LOL.

    LRG

  • tall penguin
    tall penguin

    Wow...you've started a thread on books. I could go on for days. Okay, here goes...
    You Can Heal Your Life Louise Hay
    Tomorrow's God Neale Donald Walsch
    Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All In Your Head Carla Hannaford
    Brain Gym Paul E. Dennison
    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Road Dahl
    The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
    Veronika Decides to Die Paulo Coelho
    The Chrysalids John Wyndham
    Everything written by Robert Fulghum (All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten)
    The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Kate DiCamillo
    The Red Tree Shaun Tan

  • XJW4EVR
    XJW4EVR
    I did mine on William Golding's Lord of the Flies and went over 15 minutes....

    littlerock, did you get a "W" for on timing? lol

    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Road Dahl

    tallpenguin, I am curious how this book impacted you. If you wouldn't mind.

  • Finally-Free
    Finally-Free
    Lord of the Flies

    Grapes of Wrath

    Of Mice & Men

    I have to agree with these and others.

    So, am I the only one that was impacted by "The Happy Hooker" by Xaviera Hollander?

    I did a book report on it in the ninth grade. The entire class was enthusiastic about my presentation.

    W

  • mama1119
    mama1119

    Rapture of Canaan

    Million Little Pieces (I know I know, but its still a great book)

  • Warlock
    Warlock

    The one that my wife threw at me.

    Warlock

  • Sailor Ripley
    Sailor Ripley

    High School
    The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand and Leonard Peikoff

    College
    The Stranger and The Plague, both by Albert Camus.
    Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, though I don't suggest that you read it on the train into Dresden as I did.

    Adult
    The FairTax Book by Neal Boortz and John Linder

  • garybuss
    garybuss

    Unquestionably, Dick and Jane Reader

  • Outaservice
    Outaservice

    Let's see now........................

    MY BOOK OF BIBLE STORIES

    BABYLON THE GREAT HAS FALLEN, GOD KINGDOM RULES

    THINGS IN WHICH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD TO LIE.....................

    Yeah, that should about do it!................................

    Outaservice

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