what book has changed your view on life?

[loopyc]

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[islandgirl]

The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis. Maybe not so much on life, maybe more on death.

[Goodsoulette]

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, I read it everytime I feel a bit sorry for myself. it reminds me that my life really isnt that bad.

I also read a child called it when I was pregnant and it made me promise to myself that i would treat my children as if they were most precious things I have at all times.

[loopyc]

thank you some great books there and lots to put on my christmas list.

[jedimistress]

I was young when I read "The Plague Dogs" by Richard Adams. It was my introduction to the world of animal experimentation. I was quite disturbed to read about it.

[pageylady]

All Quiet on the Western Front, very powerful novel. Oddly, also Paxman's The English has stayed in my head. Veyr interesting arguments about what it is to live in England.

[Lan]

Life of Pi, it didn't change my views on life but it changed what I thought about zoos, you should read it.

[spk]

Bill Bryson A short history of nearly everything and Sophies world

[Uzoma]

The Bible - every time I read, I learn something new.

[lizzierose]

cancer ward by alexander solzhenitsyn
atonement by ian mcewan

[lizzierose]

also grapes of wrath and east of eden, read a little to young i think

the poetry of raymond carver

the diving bell and the butterfly by jean-dominique-bauby

and when did you last see your father?by blake morrison

[Rusks]

Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder.
That book made me feel like crying and laughing at the end - and I did both. It was wonderful to realise that - if the theories about our universe are true - we were all connected at some point with everything else - the trees, other people, and even the stars. Also that we are made of essentially the same stuff as the stars. Has anyone else read it?

[tara20]

(Truth is) The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey.

Read it as a teenager and it made me realise that
there`s always the possibility that history books might not always be right, depending on the author`s way of thinking. Also applies to newspaper articles! Since then I rarely take anything at face value and try to form my own opinion.

[natalie149]

Johnathon livingston seagull,very inspiring

[clairey-s]

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things.

doesnt sound an obvious choice but it kinda did. change my view on life i mean x

[FrancisB]

I agree with whomever said 'Catch-22.' It changed my life aswell, and mostly for the better.

Also, the follow-up is nothing like it, to be honest. Apart from re-visiting some of the same characters. Its a deeper, more honest-speaking book, as someone had already pointed out. Its less about making you laugh, and more about reflection and looking back (some parts are remarkably sad). You should try it.

[loopyc]

thank you have just ordered a copy of catch 22

[angbur]

'Don't eat this book' by Morgan Spurlock which in collaboration with the film Super-Size Me has taught me never to go into McDonald's and other similar fast food places again.

[CT]

The Demon Haunted World - Carl Sagan.

[mbireland]

The book that changed my outlook on life most in recent times is 'Yes Man' by Danny Wallace. It does make you a better human being, even if you don't notice it. Have got friends of mine to read it with the same effect, so it wasn't just me.