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Books That Will Change the Way You Think

A few books I've read over the years that, at least at the time I read them, had an impact on my outlook. Some serious, some not, it's fun to reflect on the books that shape us!
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Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
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Djuna Barnes
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Anthony Bourdain)
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
2
Anthony Bourdain
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal (Jeanette Winterson)
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal
3
Jeanette Winterson
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
4
James Baldwin
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Patrick Ness)
The Knife of Never Letting Go
5
Patrick Ness
The Ask and the Answer (Patrick Ness)
The Ask and the Answer
6
Patrick Ness
Monsters of Men (Patrick Ness)
Monsters of Men
7
Patrick Ness
In One Person
In One Person
8
And the Mountains Echoed (Khaled Hosseini)
And the Mountains Echoed
9
Khaled Hosseini
My Leaky Body (Julie Devaney)
My Leaky Body
10
Julie Devaney
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
11
Half-Blood Blues (Esi Edugyan)
Half-Blood Blues
12
Esi Edugyan
Keeping You a Secret
Keeping You a Secret
13
Far From Xanadu
Far From Xanadu
14
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Azar Nafisi)
Reading Lolita in Tehran
15
Azar Nafisi
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
16
Vladimir Nabokov
A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
17
Bill Bryson
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
18
Jeanette Winterson
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
19
Alison Bechdel
Symposium (Plato)
Symposium
20
Plato
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
21
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Yes We Did!: An Inside Look at How Social Media Built the Obama Brand (Rahaf Harfoush)
Yes We Did!: An Inside Look at How Social Media Built the Obama Brand
22
Rahaf Harfoush
The High Road (Fallis)
The High Road
23
Fallis
Chrysalids
Chrysalids
24
Hunger Games Trilogy (Suzanne Collins)
Hunger Games Trilogy
25
Suzanne Collins
Valley of the Dolls (Jacqueline Susann)
Valley of the Dolls
26
Jacqueline Susann
Affinity (Sarah Waters)
Affinity
27
Sarah Waters
The Pilot's Wife (Anita Shreve)
The Pilot's Wife
28
Anita Shreve
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees
29
Barbara Kingsolver
Animal Dreams (Barbara Kingsolver)
Animal Dreams
30
Barbara Kingsolver
Pigs in Heaven (Barbara Kingsolver)
Pigs in Heaven
31
Barbara Kingsolver
The Best Laid Plans
The Best Laid Plans
32
A Complicated Kindness (Miriam Toews)
A Complicated Kindness
33
Miriam Toews
Bossypants (Tina Fey)
Bossypants
34
Tina Fey
The Lacuna
The Lacuna
35
Lamb (Christopher Moore)
Lamb
36
Christopher Moore
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
37
Anthony Burgess
Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
Angela's Ashes
38
Frank McCourt
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
39
Joseph Heller
Radical Acceptance
Radical Acceptance
40
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