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In reply to the discussion: What Book had the biggest influence on you? [View all]Squinch
(52,134 posts)101. That is one of mine too.
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Grapes of Wrath. Read it in my early teens during the depression days. Struck home, although
lumpy
Jun 2014
#54
Ulysses - I realised that either I am not crazy or I am not the only crazy one.
djean111
Jun 2014
#11
I feel I missed out. I read that book literally 50 years ago and wasnt influenced.
rhett o rick
Jun 2014
#283
I could answer a thousand ways. But I go with 'Slaughterhouse Five or The Children's Crusade'
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2014
#15
If we are talking about greatest influence, "Catch 22" is high on my list. "Catcher in the Rye."
rhett o rick
Jun 2014
#280
I would say The Tao Te Ching has had a profound impact on me as well.
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2014
#234
I don't know what influence, exactly, Catcher in the Rye had on me, but I felt that
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jun 2014
#202
Whatever book confers cred upon me and makes me look hip and edgy, yet soulful.
Dreamer Tatum
Jun 2014
#49
You'd read 50 Shades of Grey to a roomful of orphans? You're sick, man. Real sick.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#83
My book is, and could be for you too is "Looking out for #1" by Robert J. Ringer
nolabels
Jun 2014
#102
Whatever book conifers crud upon me and makes my hips look pudgy, yet slothful.
betsuni
Jun 2014
#244
Not yet, grasswire, but I still have my library card!!! Will check them out this week!
japple
Jun 2014
#69
"Warday" is a good book. James Kunetka and Whitley Strieber also wrote a book
Louisiana1976
Jun 2014
#187
I won't say that's my favorite, or had the 'biggest' influence on me
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jun 2014
#92
I have quite a few shelves in my library keeping Chalice company. It was a wonderful time for me.
Hekate
Jun 2014
#115
Ah, yes! That book was my guide when I had my 2nd child at home with midwives, after my 1st child
scarletwoman
Jun 2014
#196
If I had only known enough when I had my 1st child, I think I might have been able to avoid
scarletwoman
Jun 2014
#198
Gravity's Rainbow for fiction. The History of Sexuality for non-fiction.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#78
The World According To Garp... The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test... Childhood's End...Cosmos...
WillyT
Jun 2014
#95
1984 / Atlas Shrugged / Starship Troopers / The Jungle / Winning Through Intimidation ...
Demo_Chris
Jun 2014
#125
Truth be known, "A Child's History of the World" in 2nd grade. Began my life-long Anglophilia AND
WinkyDink
Jun 2014
#148
The true test of the immediate greatness of text is when its contents evade summation.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#214
Thank you for that great recommendation!! I will get it! And thanks for the Jefferson quote.
DesertDiamond
Jun 2014
#162
Back when I was just out of school, I read "Fahrenheit 451" It turned me into a reader.
alfredo
Jun 2014
#165
A friend gave us Bukowski as a wedding gift. Being newlyweds, we wrote our own Bukowski.
alfredo
Jun 2014
#257
He could do epic tragedy ('SatF,' 'Absalom Absalom!') or dark comedy ('As I Lay Dying') equally well
nomorenomore08
Jun 2014
#243
Black Like Me. (2) - Atlas Shrugged in that it illustrated how dreary right wingers'
Hoyt
Jun 2014
#191
Since it is Not mentioned I have to say that one of the books that so influenced me was
fasttense
Jun 2014
#247
"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainance" and "Another Roadsie Attraction"
Armstead
Jun 2014
#262