Riffing off of John at Where's My Plan, I thought I'd see about listing fifteen books that have made a strong impact on my life.
Before I get into it though, I will note that, with the rise of the internet, RSS feeds and the like, I haven't been much of a book reader for the last few years. I still read a tremendous amount of written material but the majority of it is online.
Anyway, on to the list in no particular order.
A Mantis Carol - Laurens van der Post
A Far Off Place - Laurens van der Post
My Uncle Oswald - Roald Dahl
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More - Roald Dahl
The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
The Stand - Stephen King
Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter Thompson
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Devil on the Cross - Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Desert Solitaire - Edward Abbey
Nonzero, The Logic of Human Destiny - Robert Wright
Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Snows of Kilimanjaro - Ernest Hemingway
I could probably write out long explanations of why these books came to mind but I'll refrain because I'm sure, if I did this again next week, a bunch of other books would supplant these. That's just the nature of these sorts of personal introspection exercises.
So, what 15 books changed your life?