Deleted member 68110
Deleted member 68110
Which books made you who you are and helped form your ideas and ideals?
Not so much which books you enjoyed the most.
My reasoning behind the thread was a struggle to understand where some people were coming from and how they arrived at their way of thinking.
I know books aren't the be-all-and-end-all, but they represent an accessible slice of the influences on a person.
For me, especially in my formative years, I read mainly a lot of trash/reading for fun, and, in bulk, it will have definitely have made an impression - Enid Blyton, Terry Pratchett, Alan Garner, Rosemary Sutcliffe, Jack Higgins, Douglas Adams, John Grisham, Len Deighton, Robert Ludlum, Lee Child, Raymond Chandler, John Wyndham, Asimov, Banks, - all must have played a part.
In terms of the individual books that most made me think, and possibly most nudged my thinking, I'd say these might make the top list:-
It feels like a difficult thought exercise. I guess 2 that spring to mind are I, Lucifer, and Good Omens. The Hitman Diaries is another one in a similar vein. Not really negative though, - more subversive, yet still highly moral.
It begs another question - Are there any truly poisonous books? Or books that you feel caused harm?
Not so much which books you enjoyed the most.
My reasoning behind the thread was a struggle to understand where some people were coming from and how they arrived at their way of thinking.
I know books aren't the be-all-and-end-all, but they represent an accessible slice of the influences on a person.
For me, especially in my formative years, I read mainly a lot of trash/reading for fun, and, in bulk, it will have definitely have made an impression - Enid Blyton, Terry Pratchett, Alan Garner, Rosemary Sutcliffe, Jack Higgins, Douglas Adams, John Grisham, Len Deighton, Robert Ludlum, Lee Child, Raymond Chandler, John Wyndham, Asimov, Banks, - all must have played a part.
In terms of the individual books that most made me think, and possibly most nudged my thinking, I'd say these might make the top list:-
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Catcher in the Rye
- Of Mice and Men
- One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
- Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
It feels like a difficult thought exercise. I guess 2 that spring to mind are I, Lucifer, and Good Omens. The Hitman Diaries is another one in a similar vein. Not really negative though, - more subversive, yet still highly moral.
It begs another question - Are there any truly poisonous books? Or books that you feel caused harm?
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