This morning, I was invited to list the ten books which have stayed with me, in some manner. It was rather easy, and I found that, in actuality, there are twenty-five works that have affected me the most, not counting the great religious tomes.
These twenty-five are:
1. A Path With Heart- Jack Kornfield
2. Les Miserables- Victor Hugo
3. Oliver Twist- Charles Dickens
4. To Kill A Mockingbird- Harper Lee
5. Cry The Beloved Country- Alan Paton
6. The 3rd Alternative- Stephen R. Covey
7. Johnny Got His Gun- Dalton Trumbo
8. The Five Love Languages- Gary Chapman
9. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
10. Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee- Dee Brown
11. The Road Less Traveled- M. Scott Peck
12. Don Quixote- Miguel de Cervantes
13. Darkness at Noon- Arthur Koestler
14. The Bell Jar- Sylvia Plath
15. One Flew over The Cuckoo’s Nest- Ken Kesey
16. The Stand- Stephen King
17. The Book of Job as a Greek Tragedy- H. M. Kallen
18. A Christmas Carol- Charles Dickens
19. The Wind In The Willows- Kenneth Grahame
20. Everything I Ever Needed to Know, I Learned In Kindergarten- Robert Fulghum
21. Lord of the Flies- William Golding
22. I, Robot- Isaac Asimov
23. Life of Christ- Fulton J. Sheen
24. One Day In the Life of Ivan Denisovich- Alexander Solzhenitsyn
25. Rabbit Run- John Updike
A Sagittarian Seeker 
I’m glad to see A Path With Heart up there. Fulton Sheen’s Life of Christ…it has been so long since I read it, but yes, it was a powerful read.
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A Path With Heart, as you may remember, Jo, was recommended to me at a very vulnerable time in my life. It made all the more sense, because of that.
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Hmm, I’ve read a few of these, but I don’t usually read such intelligent stuff. My favorite book of all time is Lord Jim, by Joseph Conrad. I like everything Conrad wrote.
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I read Heart of Darkness- which disturbed me. I was 21 or 22, when I read it.
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X is a great book. I read it when I was 15 or 16.
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I was 17, and was angry about his assassination, especially after reading what he really wanted to accomplish, following his Haj to Mecca.
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I’ve only read 21 and 24.
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Marica, I would bet I’ve not read much on your list. 🙂
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Don Quixote and One Day In the Life of Ivan Denisovich would probably be on my list too.
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I look forward to adding more to my list, in 2014.
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