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Books That Changed My Life

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The most life changing books, ranked by the wisdom of the crowd of hundreds of people. Anyone can add their picks to this list of books that will change your life, making it an accurate, real-time ranking of the best life changing books, as picked by the people who love them. Ask yourself the question "what are the most life-changing books?" and then vote for the books that you read cover to cover, the novels that changed the way you see the world and the stories you still can't stop thinking about. Share your favorites, and see how your taste stacks up against other readers.
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    Harper Lee
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    J. R. R. Tolkien
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    J. D. Salinger
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    George Orwell
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    Aldous Huxley
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    George Orwell
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    Ken Kesey
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    Mark Twain
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    Kurt Vonnegut
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    John Steinbeck
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    William Golding
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    J. R. R. Tolkien
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald
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    Lewis Carroll
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    Ray Bradbury
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    Madeleine L'Engle
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    J. K. Rowling
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    Frank Galati
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    Joseph Heller
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    Hamlet

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    Ayn Rand
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    Hermann Hesse
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    Mary Shelley
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    Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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    Sylvia Plath
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    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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    Charles Dickens
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    Jack Kerouac
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    Ernest Hemingway
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    Victor Hugo
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    Bram Stoker
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    Dr. Seuss
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    Hunter S. Thompson
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    Gabriel García Márquez
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    William Shakespeare
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    Mark Twain
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    Albert Camus
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    Anne Frank
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    Ernest Hemingway
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    Stephen King
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    Ayn Rand
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    Kurt Vonnegut
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    Lois Lowry
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    Nathaniel Hawthorne
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    Chuck Palahniuk
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    Henry David Thoreau
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    Gabriel García Márquez
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    1. MAYONNAISE
      Books That Changed My Life at 12/12/2012 4:30 AM
      Wow you are obsessed with life changing books!
    2. Jeffry Avino
      Books That Changed My Life at 8/28/2012 9:30 AM
      Someone loves best chick lit.
    3. Ja Poniatoski
      Books That Changed My Life at 8/17/2012 10:30 AM
      Looks like a bunch of most life changing books.
    4. Son Gerety
      Books That Changed My Life at 6/24/2012 1:30 AM
      books that will change your life!
    5. omar
      Books That Changed My Life at 3/19/2012 6:33 AM
      The Prophet by Khalil Gibron
    6. ingcold cause
      Books That Changed My Life at 1/18/2012 8:41 AM
      To Kill a Mockingbird deserves to be at the top of this list, it influenced generations of people to open their eyes and walk in another's shoes. The social themes in it are still relevant today, and the language borders on the poetic
    7. N Daniel
      Books That Changed My Life at 1/03/2012 10:41 PM
      Glad a woman author topped the list.
    8. N. Daniel
      Books That Changed My Life at 1/03/2012 10:37 PM
      Glad that a book written by a woman has topped the list.
    9. marc.zandersons
      Books That Changed My Life at 6/06/2011 12:39 PM
      Interesting list ... I made my personal list for self development books which actually have changed my life: http://www.thebooksthatchangedmylife.com/2011/06/04/50-personal-development-books-that-changed-my-life/
    10. Anonymous
      Books That Changed My Life at 1/12/2011 7:25 PM
      OK - why would you want to read some of these boring books. I mean there are so many great books out there, but people feel they must put down the books that are considered classics. Be true to yourself.
    11. Anonymous
      Books That Changed My Life at 1/12/2011 7:22 PM
      Why do people think that books that change your life have to be highly hailed classics? For real, most of the life changing books I can think of struck a chord in me - not with critics.
    12. ruben
      Island at 8/22/2010 11:42 PM
      One of my favorite books of all time. I reread it at least twice a year

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