If you can, name five or more. As well name the ONE that was most influential.
2006-09-27 20:51:32 · 20 answers · asked by Ylia 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Socratic Dialouges - Plato
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
The Art of War - Sun Tzu
The Birth of Tragedy - Friedrich Nietzsche
The Mahabharata - unknown
2006-09-27 21:03:54 · answer #1 · answered by robertbdiver 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lost in the Cosmos - Walker Percy
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
Fugitive from the Cubicle Police - Scott Adams
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (6-book edition) - Douglas Adams
I would say that The Catcher in the Rye was the most influential of those five.
2006-09-27 21:02:24 · answer #2 · answered by neveradayliketomorrow 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Prince - Machiavelli
The Devil's Apocrypha - De Vito
The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri
Samson Antagonistes - John Milton
The Book of the Way and its Virtue - Lao Tzu (the most influential)
2006-09-27 21:31:27 · answer #3 · answered by silenceheldstill 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
although I have not been brought up in a atheist environment, I do not consider the Bible among the most influential books of my personal life. 'The adventures of Tom Sawyer' has been far more impactfull. Also Castaneda's Art of dreaming, a few scholarly books from the area of social/human sciences, as well as the New Age oriented 'Law of One - The Ra Material'
2006-09-27 22:27:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The Bell Jar, The Bluest Eye, and Lolita. In the order that I read them. Tree was high school, and I could so relate to the poverty. Caged Bird was also high school and could relate to the authors experiences. Bell Jar was early twenties when I felt like I was going insane. Bluest Eye was something I just picked up and was struck by its poignancy. Lolita was last year, and what a trip into the mind of Humbert!
2006-09-29 04:10:27 · answer #5 · answered by Angela B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The RECOGNITIONS by William Gaddis -- hardly a novel can get closer to the core message of the Bible than this one. This story of the seventh son of a seventh son in a family where all fathers were priests / preachers, yet he becomes an artist (painter).
Other great novels (only one from each author):
Gravity's Rainbow
The Master and Margarita
Slaughterhouse Five
Another Roadside Attraction
Foucault's Pendulum
2006-09-27 23:46:38 · answer #6 · answered by jlbackstop 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
And the Dish ran Away with the Spoon by Susan Stevens
Sea Monsters of Long Ago by John Hamberger
Einstein
2006-09-28 06:46:22 · answer #7 · answered by MissChatea 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris
The Confessions of St. Augustine
Lift Up Your Heart by Fulton Sheen
2006-09-28 01:48:42 · answer #8 · answered by M. Romeo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most influence after the Bible goes to "9 steps to Financial Freedom" by Suze Orman. I'm not typically a self-help book kind of girl, but this book was loaded with important, practical advice anyone could benefit from.
others:
"A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving ...read it several times and still love it. It never ceases to amaze me how a fictional book helps resotre my faith in...well...faith!
"Sybil" by Flora Rheta Schreiber ...I read it in high school and it was the primary reason I majored in psychology in college. THAT is influence!
"The Cronicles of Narnia" series by C.S. Lewis ...I read them as a kid and thought they were just good stories. As an adult who has reread them I realize they are so much more.
"Oh the Places You Will Go" by Dr. Seuss ...it was a graduation present. In this book and many of his others, Dr. Suess had a distinct knack for disguising substance with nonsense...My life wouldn't have been the same without his books.
2006-09-28 00:38:15 · answer #9 · answered by Sandie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have only a two-book-in-one combo that comes to mind. Toward a Growing Marriage and Loving Your Marriage Enough To Protect It. This is the most amazing thing I've ever read. Changed me in so many ways. This is a great gift for a loved one or friend who is going to get married or is married already.
2006-09-28 00:07:01 · answer #10 · answered by Megan P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋