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The hobbit - came with the adventure game that my aunty had on her c64 got me into computers and reading aged about 7
Fear - Thich nhat hahn, read repeatably during recent hard times. Might need to re-read again soon...
How to Make Friends and Influence People
It's like a health book that reveals eating more vegetables and whole grains, and getting more exercise is the way to better health. That's useful info, but the hard part is motivating yourself to eat such and exercise often enough.
Deep Work gave me some good insight on how to get the most out of my days.
Sapiens vastly widened and shifted my understanding of the myths that make up our society.
Paraphrasing Cory Doctorow, "be worried about the person who only reads one book." [1] Your life changes when you read many books from many authors. [1] https://YouTu.be/Fvhb4WqJ7pg
https://boingboing.net/2015/12/21/a-survivalist-on-why-you-s...
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Runner-up would be `the end of religion` by Bruxy Cavey.
Mind if I ask how the book changed your life? Personally, A Farewell to Arms has likely caused the biggest change. I became really absorbed in the book and at the same time in life was expecting my first child. I didn’t know the story at all, and was not expecting the ending in the least. There have been many things in life that have taught me to enjoy what I have because it can all be gone in an instant. But that bo…