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10 Books That Stayed With You

List ten books that have stayed with you in some way. Don’t take but a few minutes and don’t think too hard — they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just the ones that have touched you. Tag ten friends, including me, so I’ll see your list.

I was tagged by rustyvoices.

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying - Sogyal Rinpoche

A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking - Susan Cain

Sabriel - Garth Nix

Confessions - St. Augustine

Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science - Atul Gawande

Out of the Silent Planet - C.S. Lewis

Nicomachean Ethics - Aristotle

Ah, but what is a classic?

A discussion for another time!

1. Animal Farm, George Orwell (I can vouch for the accessibility of this one from personal experience: I first read Animal Farm when I was only ten or eleven, and even though I obviously did not understand the communism metaphor, I still loved the story).

2. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald (this one is all the rage right now, go for it!).

3. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen (the ancestor of every romantic comedy ever).

4. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger (you may hate Holden Caulfield - who thinks you’re a phony, by the way - but it’s still a great book).

5. The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka (again, even if you do not fully understand the deeper layers, the story is still interesting).