What book has had the biggest impact on your life?

[SaintsManiac]

Harry Potter series

 

[Pea-n-Me]

I thought of another one. My father had me read this when I was quite young.

How to Win Friends and Influence People

 

[morgan98]

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCollough

 

[kimblebee]

I don't know if any book has changed my life but one that I read that I always keep in mind is Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. It's all about trusting your first, snap decision.

 

[AnnaFloridaLover]

I thought of another one. My father had me read this when I was quite young.

How to Win Friends and Influence People

My father sent this book to me when I moved away from home.

 

[dish rag]

My father sent this book to me when I moved away from home.

I sent it to my daughter also. My old tattered copy.

 

[AnnaFloridaLover]

I sent it to my daughter also. My old tattered copy.

My father's was old and tattered when he sent me his.

 

[dadtoagirl03]

The Bible!

 

[LilyWDW]

Anne Bishop's Black Jewels Trilogy.

As a young writer I was always told I couldn't do specific things like change point of view or use third person omnipotent with multiple characters.

As I got older I was told I shouldn't write Urban Fantasy because it's all just like Twilight and junk. It wasn't "real" fantasy.

Every time I start to second guess myself, I reread this trilogy (and all the rest of the series... and all the rest of her books in general). I see that my style IS doable and that there is more to Urban Fantasy that sparkling vampires.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

The Bible.

 

[Floridaman999]

The Quran.

 

[tinkerdorabelle]

To Kill a Mockingbird

Me too. Had a deep impact on me reading it as a kid.