Hobbit and Lord of the Rings - read for the first time in 6th or 7th grade, what really got me into reading
Dune
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Starship Troopers
1984
The Art of War
The Bible
Chronicles of Narnia
Animal Farm

Undoubtedly these are the books that have shaped my reading habits, spiritual beliefs, and political beliefs.

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Posted by BoardReader

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Posted on 8/6/17 at 10:19 pm to ZacAttack

Capitalism and Freedom
The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as the Basis for Social Policy
The Bible
Ender's Game
Witness
The Road to Serfdom
The Gulag Archipeligo
Brideshead Revisited
Closing of the American Mind
The Price of Everything

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Posted by Tigris

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Posted on 8/7/17 at 9:10 pm to ZacAttack

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The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Yeah, that's one of mine. I read it when I was pretty young and Heinlein's take on politics really hit home. Much more influential to me than Atlas Shrugged which I read when older.

I'll add:

Slaughterhouse Five - Vonnegut and I differ a lot politically but we do overlap some and he might be the most influential author in my thinking, certainly helping to reinforce my opinion of mankind overall.

Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace: A very funny, very tragic book that is extremely insightful.

Illuminatus - Shea and Wilson: Very strange book that helped me to look at EVERYTHING with skepticism and think for myself. A lot of fun too.

Parliament of Whores - PJ O'Rourke.

Jitterbug Perfume - Tom Robbins.

Stranger in a Strange Land - Heinlein again.

Catch 22.

Surely Your Joking Mr. Feynman - Richard Feynman fascinates me.

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