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50 Books That Have Had an Impact on Me and My Life

Just books that have had an important role in my life, or made a significant impact upon it. Range through fiction, philosophical thought, poetry, art…
Also, series. Unless otherwise stated, I am referring to a series as a whole.
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The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
The Road
1
Cormac McCarthy
Phantoms in the Brain
Phantoms in the Brain
2
Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
3
J.R.R. Tolkien
Relational Aesthetics
Relational Aesthetics
4
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
5
George Orwell
Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter Series
6
J.K. Rowling
Fight Club
Fight Club
7
All My Friends Are Superheroes
All My Friends Are Superheroes
8
Origin of Species
Origin of Species
9
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
10
Mark Haddon
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
11
J.R.R. Tolkien
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
12
William Golding
John Peel Margrave of the Marshes
John Peel Margrave of the Marshes
13
The Beach (Alex Garland)
The Beach
14
Alex Garland
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
15
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
16
Donna Tartt
American Psycho
American Psycho
17
Cold Mountain (Charles Frazier)
Cold Mountain
18
Charles Frazier
Birdsong (Sebastian Faulks)
Birdsong
19
Sebastian Faulks
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
20
Anthony Burgess
Who Killed Kurt Cobain?
Who Killed Kurt Cobain?
21
The F*Ck-Up
The F*Ck-Up
22
His Dark Materials Trilogy
His Dark Materials Trilogy
23
Flood
Flood
24
The Uncanny
The Uncanny
25
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
26
Oscar Wilde
The Psychopath Test (Jon Ronson)
The Psychopath Test
27
Jon Ronson
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
28
George Orwell
Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
Kite Runner
29
Khaled Hosseini
King the Running Man
King the Running Man
30
The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
The Collected Poems of A.E. Housman
31
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
32
Aldous Huxley
Bit of a Blur
Bit of a Blur
33
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
34
Ernest Hemingway
Ways of Seeing
Ways of Seeing
35
Camera Lucida
Camera Lucida
36
A Song of Ice and Fire Series
A Song of Ice and Fire Series
37
The Shock of the New
The Shock of the New
38
Scar Tissue
Scar Tissue
39
24 Hour Party People
24 Hour Party People
40
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