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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
The Oresteia
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The Illiad
The Illiad
3
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
4
Herodotus -- The Histories (Histories)
Herodotus -- The Histories (Histories)
5
Tacitus Annals
Tacitus Annals
6
Lysistrata
Lysistrata
7
The Gallic War (Julius Caesar)
The Gallic War (Julius Caesar)
8
Machiavelli's Prince
Machiavelli's Prince
9
Voltaire Candide
Voltaire Candide
10
Gullivers Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gullivers Travels (Jonathan Swift)
11
The Great Escape (Paul Brickhill)
The Great Escape (Paul Brickhill)
12
The Dam Busters (Paul Brickhill)
The Dam Busters (Paul Brickhill)
13
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
14
Treasure Island
Treasure Island
15
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
16
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
17
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
18
Bleak House
Bleak House
19
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
20
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
21
Huckleberry Finn (Classics Illustrated)
Huckleberry Finn (Classics Illustrated)
22
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
23
Dr No (Ian Fleming)
Dr No (Ian Fleming)
24
From Russia, With Love
From Russia, With Love
25
The Ipcress File (Len Deighton)
The Ipcress File (Len Deighton)
26
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
27
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
28
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
29
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
30
The Inspector General (Nikolai Gogol)
The Inspector General (Nikolai Gogol)
31
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
32
MacBeth
MacBeth
33
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello (William Shakespeare)
34
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
35
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
36
Hound of the Baskervilles
Hound of the Baskervilles
37
Lord Jim
Lord Jim
38
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
39
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
40
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners (James Joyce)
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