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PGYS LIST OF LIFELONG IMPACTFUL BOOKS

There are a variety of books here, some of them classics, some of them not so well written, but all of them made some impact on my life. They are a reflection of my life time reading, and if there is a bias towards the mid twentieth century,it is a reflection of when I grew up.The one feature they have in common is they all significantly impacted on me when I first read them, and quite a few of them have unexpectedly resonated across most of my life and my career, in ways I did not anticipate on first reading.It bothers me that there are not many books of recent years on this list, but maybe that is because it has taken half a life time for some of these books to register their strongest impact on me.
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The Oresteia (Aeschylus)
The Oresteia
1
Aeschylus
The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
2
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
3
Homer
Herodotus -- The Histories (Histories)
Herodotus -- The Histories
4
Histories
Tacitus Annals
Tacitus Annals
5
Lysistrata (Aristophanes)
Lysistrata
6
Aristophanes
The Gallic War (Julius Caesar)
The Gallic War
7
Julius Caesar
Machiavelli's Prince
Machiavelli's Prince
8
Voltaire Candide
Voltaire Candide
9
Gullivers Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gullivers Travels
10
Jonathan Swift
The Great Escape (Paul Brickhill)
The Great Escape
11
Paul Brickhill
The Dam Busters (Paul Brickhill)
The Dam Busters
12
Paul Brickhill
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
13
Daniel Defoe
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
14
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
15
Robert Louis Stevenson
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
16
Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
17
Charles Dickens
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
18
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
19
Charles Dickens
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
20
Herman Melville
Huckleberry Finn (Classics Illustrated)
Huckleberry Finn
21
Classics Illustrated
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
22
Mark Twain
Dr No (Ian Fleming)
Dr No
23
Ian Fleming
From Russia, With Love
From Russia, With Love
24
The Ipcress File (Len Deighton)
The Ipcress File
25
Len Deighton
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
26
John Le Carré
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
27
J.D. Salinger
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
28
Ernest Hemingway
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
29
The Inspector General (Nikolai Gogol)
The Inspector General
30
Nikolai Gogol
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
31
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
32
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
33
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
34
William Shakespeare
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
35
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Hound of the Baskervilles (Doyle)
Hound of the Baskervilles
36
Doyle
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
37
Joseph Conrad
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
Nostromo
38
Joseph Conrad
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent
39
Joseph Conrad
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
40
James Joyce
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