Firestarter. Its ok to be different as long as you hone your different to a deadly point (also taught me about writing dialogue and plot vehicles in the way people actually think and speak - Stephen King, gyp endings but amazing dialogue and character writing). The Alchemist. For so many reasons and which I bizarrely read in the shadow if the fort in Tarifa, looking across the straights to tangier Rockstar. Jackie Collins totally gave me the jump on this kind of stuff. Veronica Decides To Die. I was genuinely a different person by the time I finished reading this. All of Oscar Wilde. His plays, his childrens fables and his novels - the frivolousness and humanity of his ideas and characters are subtle and brilliant masterpieces. Sane New World. Ruby Waxs novel on how your brain and chemicals work - I am going to buy this for everyone that is self critical (so many of the amazing people I know are) and for myself it is a reminder to revisit and always have a disciplined mind. DSM IV. Studying this fascinating book gave me a love of diagnostics and stats and led to me understanding how to experiment. Also the IV have me clear ideas about evolution of ideas and diagnostic tools and iteration - which now serves me well in my career. Catcher In The Rye. I am still in love with J D Salingers Holden Caulfield. Remains a book I read at least twice a year, every year, since I was 15. The Lord of The Rings. Tolkeins book lit a fire in me regarding creative writing - I consumed this book at the age if 8 (I remember it discovering me in the school library). It taught me that you dont have to set parameters to what you can create. ee cummings poetry. Just. Blew. My. Mind. Brave New World/Island. Aldous Huxleys two masterpieces are two opposite ends of the spectrum and clearly and consciously helped me make decisions about being careful to build the future we want, rather than the one we merely can. Also that we must pave our world with the most perfect intentions, because we often fall short cc Jonathan. Neitsche. I read most of his work with the hair on the back of my neck standing on end and a heavy stone in the pit of my stomach - a brilliant man gone horrifically awry. Sophies World. A simplistic study in the evolution of philosophy but a great introduction and a brilliant work of fiction. Catch 22. Hellers epic book took my education about war and coached it in human terms; in humorous terms which (along with certain poets) made it infinitely more real to me and contributed to my love of history and politics - but not just how they are recorded, but really experienced. Almost every page of this book is perfect, and utterly hilarious.
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