What is the most influential book you've read?

[Shouri Uchiha]

The Alchemist,Life Of Pi,The Power Of Your Subconscious Mind and Think And Grow Rich....

[Cloudbuster]

Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse, The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud, Thus Spoke Zarathustra and The Antichrist by Friedrich Nietzsche, The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell, The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka ( short story compilation ), Edgar Allan Poe's short stories and poetry.

[Scary Yamato]

I actually own that book. Samuel L Jackson narrates it on youtube.

I would probably say Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, and Brave New World

[Wang]

I would probably say Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, and Brave New World

Nice picks! I wonder why not 1984, but I'm sure you have a your reasons

[Janin]

For me this one:



Funny thing is, I gave this book to my cousin as a birthday present.
Remained on the bookshelf for months,
One day, I have nothing to read, I picked up this one.
And became my answer to your thread.

[Grim]

For me this one:



Funny thing is, I gave this book to my cousin as a birthday present.
Remained on the bookshelf for months,
One day, I have nothing to read, I picked up this one.
And became my answer to your thread.

damn!!!! this book become mainstream >.<

[Zero Kelvin]

The Prince of Thorns & its sequel 'The King of Thorns'.
Lawrence's language pulled me in.

[YowYan]

For me this one:



Funny thing is, I gave this book to my cousin as a birthday present.
Remained on the bookshelf for months,
One day, I have nothing to read, I picked up this one.
And became my answer to your thread.

Same here lol. ;p

2nd most influential is 'The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown'

[Wang]

Same here lol. ;p

2nd most influential is 'The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown'

You know, I thought of you when I saw her post that...this makes me laugh every time

[★Sir Derp Obito]

The Brothers Karamazov

[Fermion]

The Alchemist is one of the best books I have ever read .A really inspirational story of a young boy who travels the world for sake of treasure and adventure.

[Klaroline]

Animal Farm without a doubt. For a book about animals this book is very deep.

[★Hori]

A boo it should be "To Kill a man's pride"

[Cassiopeia]

I read the oldest, most printed and sold book of all time when I was a teenager.

[~Kobak~]

Camus-The Pest

[Rand al'Thor]

The Prince of Thorns & its sequel 'The King of Thorns'.
Lawrence's language pulled me in.

awesome series..damn the protagonist so badass...

[guiltybird]

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, and Anthem by Ayn Rand.

[l Forgotten l]

Island of the blue dolphins

[Keyblade Master Roxas]

Slaughterhouse five by Kurt Vonnegut. It's a strange book but amazing.

[Shadow light]

DIGITAL FORTRESS by Dan brown its an intriguing book

[Hawk of Darkness]

Friedrich Nietzsche's "Thus spoke Zarathustra", especially the following lines:

"The strong spirit demands to carry much, but finds that what it is given to carry is not enough, it demands only the most difficult. This spirit piles on whatever it can, becoming a Camel. This camel bears the weight of his task, but eventually finds his work meaningless and illusory, he finds himself, in a spiritual desert.

This Camel no longer finds meaning in the values subscribed to him; he is a spirit too strong to take on this task, he no longer wishes to bear the weight of values that do not come from his own. The Camel becomes a Lion, the spirit that fights against these false values in order to find his own place, his own freedom. The Lion is the no-saying spirit, but his role is not only to deny, but to make room for new yeas.

This Lion becomes a Child. What is this child? He is a new beginning. This requires first a forgetting of the old, and then, the start of a new game. He is the beginning of a new wheel, his piece the center of a motion that picks up new pieces along its path, creating a new world along its way."

Indeed, Nietzsche was more of a mystic than a philosopher. I value the spirit of the lion highly.