Books That Changed My Life
Clark Benson Not 100% definitive - books are a tough thing for me to Rank, but here's some high-impact ones, mostly from my formative years as I guess given the "changed my life" concept they should be. I used to devour 50+ books a year but workload has dropped that waaaaaaay down, and family obligations will probably keep it down in the single digits for some time, which is a serious bummer.
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David Wallechinsky#154 on the ultimate list - 2
Hunter S. Thompson#34 on the ultimate list“ Alltime fave writer. „ - 3
Gabriel García Márquez#35 on the ultimate list - 4
Tom Wolfe#94 on the ultimate list - 5
Robert A. Heinlein#68 on the ultimate list - 6
Kurt Vonnegut#9 on the ultimate list - 7 J. R. R. Tolkien#2 on the ultimate list
- 8 Joseph Heller#19 on the ultimate list
- 9 Hermann Hesse#22 on the ultimate list
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Hammer of the Gods
Steven Davis#196 on the ultimate list“ Yes, this is a Rock Bio - far from literature. But I have read this book more than any other (while only once cover-to-cover, throughout my college years I would pick it up for the "'75 and 77 tours" or whatever I was in the mood for at the time). Back when this came out it was the Magna Carta of Rock Bios. Yes, in the 80s, the mighty Led Zep were still sneered upon by rock critics - and while this book didn't necessarily change that, just the fact that a well-written bio of a Hard Rock band sold a zillion copies back in those days turned some heads. „ - 11 Robert Caro#209 on the ultimate list“ As one gets older, one gets more interested in nonfiction - but nonfiction doesn't tend to be as "life changing". I would be shocked if there is a better book about the legislative process. „
- 12 Cormac McCarthy#204 on the ultimate list“ Kinda a tossup btw this and The Road - and both were difficult at times to read, but man, do they stay with you afterwards. „
- 13 Salman Rushdie#190 on the ultimate list
- 14 Stephen King#43 on the ultimate list“ I was a huge Stephen King fan when i was a teen. I don't even really like his Entertainment Weekly column anymore, but in truth this book did have a big impact on me and when Ranking one must stay true to the concept. I'm guessing that this particular work would rivet me even today if i was coming to it for the first time. „
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