Books that have inspired you in life

[Avering]

I'll say that the books that inspired me greatly in life were most likely A series of Unfortunate Events, )When I was much younger)
And more recently, The Idiot, by Dostoevsky.

I have read a lot of movies based on books and I'd say that the books must be great, so I'll also tell you some of those movies:
Lord of the rings, trainspotting, ghost in the shell(manga), harry potter

 

[CXR1037]

jack kerouac's sexist, but his literature is undeniably inspiring and exciting, and easy to read.
happy reading

I think Kerouac was more a product of his generation than a sexist (but I haven't read the entirety of his works, so I could be way off on this).


I seriously think everyone should read more Latino authors. Bolano, Mario Vargas Llosa (reading Death in the Andes right now, it's epic), Borges, even the guys like Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

cxR - "everything that begins as a comedy ends as a comic monologue, only we aren't laughing anymore."

 

[sons of vipers]

Kerouac-On the Road
Allan Ginsberg-Howl
Cormac McCarthy-The Road
Jon Kracaur-Into The Wild

 

[christianarchy]

All Dorothy Day.
Daniel Quinn - Ishmael
Shane Claiborne - Common Prayer, Jesus for President, Irresistible Revolution.
The Bible.
Margaret Atwood - Oryx & Crake.

 

[foxx]

ah, i love anything by Kerouac. as a kid my favorite was A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. One of my favorites now is The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger, i've never found a character i could relate to so well. i'm currently in the middle of Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn, and it's fantastic