jmc509's "Books that Changed my Life"

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Making this list was an interesting reflective exercise. I listed the books in the order of what I saw as their formative impact on me. The impact most often involved opening my heart or mind to something new, usually without becoming a disciple of a particular understanding or way of living. What struck me as I created and later updated the list was that each book seemed associated with one of the many little changes of direction that have shaped my life journey.

  1. 1.
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    Book of Psalms, Hebrew Bible

  2. 2.
    Plato's Theatetus
    by Plato

  3. 3.
    Befriending the Stranger
    by Jean Vanier

  4. 4.
    The Chronicles of Narnia
    by C. S. Lewis

  5. 5.
    Violence Unveiled: Humanity at the Crossroads
    by Gil Bailie

  6. 6.
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  7. 7.
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  8. 8.
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    Gospel of John, Christian Bible

  9. 9.
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    Gospel of Luke, Christian Bible

  10. 10.

  11. 11.
    I'm OK--You're OK
    by Thomas Harris

  12. 12.
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    Ecclesiastes, Hebrew Bible

  13. 14.
    Soul on Ice
    by Eldridge Cleaver

  14. 15.
    The Invisible Man (Signet Classics)
    by H.G. Wells

  15. 16.
    Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
    by Chogyam Trungpa

  16. 17.
    Critique of Pure Reason
    by Immanuel Kant

  17. 18.
    Being and Nothingness (Routledge Classics)
    by Jean-Paul Sartre

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  19. 20.
    Life & Times of Frederick Douglas (Classics Library)
    by Frederick Douglass

  20. 21.
    Nausea
    by Jean-Paul Sartre

  21. 23.
    Walden II
    by BF Skinner

  22. 25.
    Slave Nation
    by Alfred Blumrosen

  23. 27.
    Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
    by Anne Frank

  24. 28.
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    Brighty of the Grand Canyon
    by Marguerite Henry

  25. 29.
    Tao Te Ching
    by Lao-Tse

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Created by jmc509 on Jul 31, 2007.
 

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