The book that changed your life.

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz radically altered my worldview. My mom and sister both recommended it to me, and I was little hesitant about the Toltec spirituality factor, because I'm wildly atheistic, but I'm so glad I read it. It's the kind of advice that is easy to learn and hard to master, but even with imperfect mastery, it's remarkably helpful.

"We all looked up" 

And The Ass Saw The Angel by Nick Cave 

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

It's a pretty depressing book, but it was also so fascinating. I just couldn't put it down. It felt like a true look at a person's soul, and a person I was the complete opposite of, which made it all the more interesting to read.

Homestuck

the boy in the striped pajamas 

honestly overall its an incredibly sad book. cried A LOT. 

I've been really interested in tearjerkers lately, so heres a couple:

No Longer Human - my god this books depressing. 

My Absolute Darling - absolutely GOD TIER. amazingly written. hits close to home if you have any history with abuse/SA, especially by a family member, so trigger warning for that

The Way I used to Be - another trigger for SA, the author perfectly writes self sabotage and hypersexuality after being SAd and its insanely good.

also, i really enjoyed all of rupi kaurs books. a lot of people think shes just cringy tumblr poetry, and some of her poems could definitely fit that. but her works genuinely changed my life, and if youre into poetry shes worth a read.

also, I have no mouth and I must scream changed my writing style a lot. Another great read, really short.

Then first one was White Fang by Jack London, I heard it first around age 5 and I became obsessed with Wolves, which led me to watch a documentary about the Sawtooth pack and become really obsessed with protecting wolves and learning about them. 

when I was like 8 I read a series called Chronicles of Ancient Darkness and that radically changed my personality for a really long time, idk if the books were actually good but my friends and I would literally only talk about it, and would constantly quote the characters. It was probably really annoying to others. 

Last winter I read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Phillip K. Dick, which I wasn't expecting to impact me as deeply as it did. I then read J.M. Coetzee's The Lives of Animals right after and for some reason that combination altered my brain chemistry.

Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer is also really intense and highly recommended. 

white rabbit red wolf this story is a lie 

an amazing book nothing has quite topped it. i read it a couple years ago because my school was doing this christmas reading thing where they wrapped books in wrapping paper and then you had to read it. my friends were all like “take this book its easy” since im dyslexic and generally, up until that point, did not like reading. my intuition told me to choose that one though and im so glad i did. after that i read all thats left in the world and again it was amazing really really good

Probably Homestuck

lol

the stranger by albert camus. .i think there's a special bond between 14 yr old me and this book that can't be described in words . 

So B. it

Basically its about this girl who lives with her disabled mom and neighbor. She goes on a journey of self discovery to find her family and the origin of a word her mom keeps using, "Soof". Had me fukin weeping at the end, its tecnicallt a kinds book but it goes so damn hard.

 Suicidas (Raphael Montes)

Desde o começo do livro ja é apresentado topicos importantes, como pedofilia, depressão e problemas familiares. Mas o final realmente me surpreendeu, não esperava um livro tão bom,com um spoiler bem escrito e imaginável^_~

 O livro me fez mudar muito a minha mente e pensar mais sobre pautas importantes!!

Recomendo muito! Além de ser um livro nacional brasileiro.

Hell Followed With Us was certainly the best book I've ever read and it influenced my writing style. This is coming from a guy who named himself after Percy Jackson.

sin duda seria el retrato de Dorian Gray de Oscar Wilde, me ocasiono un miedo irracional a envejecer y me hizo cuestionarme hasta donde puede llegar la vanidad?

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

the things i would do to read it for the first time again that book literally altered my brain chemisty

a monster calls by patrick ness

so sad. i just know that i will think of this book later on in life, if and when i am to face illness of loved ones.

a house in the cerulean sea by tj klune.

so wholesome and queer with found family and an amazing message <3

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino restored my sense of wonder and propelled me towards pursuing my undergraduate and (later) my master's degree.

Der Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse.

I got hit with a post game depression after I finished it, I'm literally Harry Haller

"Man's Search for Meaning" by Victor Frankl. I probably was too young to really understand it when I read it, but some ideas managed to get into my head. highly recommend it.

The Midnight Library, by Matt Haigh. 

I know authors like Haigh have lots of life-changing books BUT the one that really left a mark on my life was this one. 100% recommended.

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The stranger by Albert Camus

Every douche and his mother starts off with this book but for good reason. The power to rebell against the absurdism in life by form of continuing to live. What beauty. 

Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief, this book was the first one I've read and actually enjoyed reading and it made me want to read all the other books. Since the day I finished the complete saga, my reading habbits continued with other books, it changed my life by making me enjoy reading :)

one of the books that had a big impact on me was "The Gray House" (Дом в котором)

THE LITTLE PRINCE by Antoine de Saint-exubery or smth

changed the way i see the world

my interactions

and the way i view growing up

no kidding one of the best books ever written in my opinion

when i was 12 i read on the summerhouse steps by anne frank and it totally changed the way i viewed people and familial relationships and my love for weird ass men and justifiably evil women and scheming!!!!!!! it taught me that u can never do too much and tho i havent reread it in a whillllllllllllle i will always yap abt it to whomever is willing to listen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Outsiders by S.E Hinton changed me, when i was in 3rd year and I read it for the first time I really got into reading and I was nonstop reading classics

I Had That Same Dream Again by Yoru Sumino really touched me when I read it for the first time in high school. It's about a 4th grader named Nanoka who is assigned to discover what happiness means to her in her language arts class. Over the course of the story she makes friends with three women during her after school walks; a teen girl, a young woman, and an old woman. She tries to understand each of these very different people, all while dealing with her own troubles in school, such as standing up to bullies who pick on her classmate for liking to draw.

At the end of the story, it's revealed that the three women Nanoka befriended were actually versions of herself from the future if she had given up on her struggles, and she learns that people can choose their own happiness by seeking out opportunities to grow as a person rather than hiding from the things that scare them.

This story really helped me have a different outlook on life, and it helped me have more courage to be myself and stick up for the things that are important to me. My copy of the book is so worn down from constantly rereading it too, haha!

Definitivamente El Club de los Perdedores.

Lloré mucho con ese libro, aunque el final feliz no fue lo que más me hizo reflexionar, sino más bien el sufrimiento real de las personas acosadas, el dolor que les causa, el no poder expresarse adecuadamente por miedo, y que todos los acosados se unieran y crearan su propia comunidad donde podrían expresarse libremente. Ese libro de casi 500 páginas me deprimió durante un buen tiempo, y no he llegado ni a 15 years old, pero aún así, mi mente estaba tan abierta a él que sintió que era yo quien realmente lo estaba viviendo.

EL RELATO DE UN ASESINO DE MARIO MENDOZA

Hermano fue literalmente mi golpe de realidad de como veo al mundo aun que yo ya había leído bastantes libros del mismo autor que son igual de crudos pero por alguna razón saber que la historia es un relato de la persona que vivió esos hechos y lo que hizo me hizo dar cuenta de lo raro que es el mundo pues hay todo tipo de personas y problemas en la vida y la forma en como los llevo pues no fue la correcta.

El gato que salvó los libros.

Comparado a otros en este post, no creo que mi cambio fuera tan "wow", pero como alguien que siempre fue enseñado que un libro debe ser cuidado y mantenido como si fuera un trofeo sí lo hizo.
Los objetos son solo objetos, los libros también y si no cumplen su función es triste, aprendí a apreciar los rayones, las dedicatorias, el abrir el libro a más no poder, compartirlo y llevarlo a todas partes... Siento que rompió algo que tenía restringido, tanto como con los libros como en otros temas y me ayudó bastante. Uno siempre puede aprender algo nuevo :).

"A Happy Death" by Albert Camus.

I think it changed the way I thought about death. A bonus would be "The Stranger" by the same author because there was a part in which he talks about how you could be in the worst situations, but will eventually end up getting used to it. Basically, you can get used to anything, but also that death isn't so scary. Living your life how you want to live your life is more important.

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cioran's on the heights of despair

"La nausea" Jean-Paul Sartre

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy changed my life just because of how funny it was and it definitely helped me through some rough times, comedy heals the soul!

"La bendición del oficial del cielo", puede que suene tonto pero cambio la forma en la que veía el amor, ya que nos muestra el como el protagonista ha tenido, sin saberlo, a alguien que siempre lo acompaño y apoyo a lo largo de los años a pesar de que no sabía de su existencia o cometía errores muy graves, este tipo de amor trasciende de lo humano.

Pero también nos muestra a lo largo del libro el como, a pesar de que los demás hablen mal o te critiquen, no dejarse llevar por esas opiniones y solo ser tu mismo, ser de la forma en que tu te sientas cómodo sin miedo de lo que digan los demás.

100% recomendado, es una lectura larga, pero vale 100% la pena ya que tiene una buena historia y te hace sentir un mar de emociones.