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PGYS LIST OF LIFELONG IMPACTFUL BOOKS - Page 3

There are a variety of books here, some of them classics, some of them not so well written, but all of them made some impact on my life. They are a reflection of my life time reading, and if there is a bias towards the mid twentieth century,it is a reflection of when I grew up.The one feature they have in common is they all significantly impacted on me when I first read them, and quite a few of them have unexpectedly resonated across most of my life and my career, in ways I did not anticipate on first reading.It bothers me that there are not many books of recent years on this list, but maybe that is because it has taken half a life time for some of these books to register their strongest impact on me.
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Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
81
Frank Herbert
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
82
Kurt Vonnegut
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
83
Philip K. Dick
The Life of Mahatma Gandhi (Louis Fischer)
The Life of Mahatma Gandhi
84
Louis Fischer
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
85
Bram Stoker
A Night to Remember (Walter Lord)
A Night to Remember
86
Walter Lord
Our Man in Havana (Graham Greene)
Our Man in Havana
87
Graham Greene
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
88
Graham Greene
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
89
Lewis Carroll
An Inspector Calls (J.B. Priestley)
An Inspector Calls
90
J.B. Priestley
The World According to Garp (John Irving)
The World According to Garp
91
John Irving
Collected Poems Wright (Judith Wright)
Collected Poems Wright
92
Judith Wright
Hitchcock/Truffaut (Francois Truffaut)
Hitchcock/Truffaut
93
Francois Truffaut
Beggars Opera (John Gay)
Beggars Opera
94
John Gay
Last and First Men (Olaf Stapledon)
Last and First Men
95
Olaf Stapledon
Cloudstreet (Tim Winton)
Cloudstreet
96
Tim Winton
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose
97
Umberto Eco
Case Closed
Case Closed
98
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men
99
Cormac McCarthy
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
100
Donna Tartt
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