15 Significant Books in My Life (at the moment)

List fifteen books you've read that will always stick with you. Please note which books you recommend the most. These ones are what stick out at the moment. These books taught me important lessons in my life in no particular order.



1-Light in the Attic
by: Shel Silverstein



First time I ever received a book from a friend was with this book. Emily gave it to me in elementary school and I always treasured it.

`Last night while I lay thinking here
Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
And pranced and partied all night long
And sang their same old Whatif song:

Whatif I flunk that test?
Whatif green hair grows on my chest?
Whatif nobody likes me?
Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?...`

2- Siddhartha
by: Herman Hesse



Reading this opened up my mind to a bigger picture. I used this quote and put it in a locket and wore it everywhere to keep as a mantra and to help me go on through the monotonous days.

`This was his thirst, his sorrow`


3-Catcher in the Rye
by: J.D. Salinger



I know everybody will have this book but the story is not necessarily why I picked this but because this was what I was reading in a particular time in my life and I kept secrets and other memorabilias pressed in my torn and old version of this book.

4- David Copperfield
by: Charles Dickens



This one taught me that everybody has their own story. No matter how you see people or not see them, there`s more to everybody than what they portray. There are experiences and hardships that are beyond your imagination and only they have been through. Plus it taught me to wish that maybe when i`m older I can get paid to write by the word (This is nt actually acurate, Charles Dickens was paid by installments)

5- The Chrysalids
by: John Wyndham



MLS! Really opened my imagination.

6-Tess of the D'urbevilles
by: Thomas Hardy



This is a cautionary tale for me. Be careful of people you meet, how you act, what you say and even if you`re the most careful person in the world who doesn`t even dare to swim after eating, the love of your life can betray you because humans suck and so does fate and you can end up with everything lost and yourself hung for murder.

7-HP books
by: J.K. Rowling



I grew up with the gang. They were my obsession.

8-To Kill a Mockingbird
by: Harper Lee



Great story. Atticus is my ideal father.

9-Pride and Prejudice
by: Jane Austen



This is why i`m a hopeless romantic, because of a great, witty writer who ironically died a spinster. It was also the beginning of my interest in classic novels.

10-Persuasion
by: Jane Austen



There are always second chances and it is usually rewarded to the patient and modest people.

11-The Giver
by: Lois Lowry



Fantastic book. Made me appreciate our society and the freedom that live within it.

12- World Atlas



We used to have a gigantic one at home and I always sat on top of it, dreaming of living in a new and foreign place every six months.

13- Welcome to the Monkey house
by: Kurt Vonnegut



Creativity is best served witty and random.

14- Thesaurus



Best invention ever.

15- The Arch of Kerguelen:Voyage to the Islands of Desolation
by: Jean-Paul Kauffmann



This is for right now. I`m currently obsessing over frozen voyages through the North or South Pole, of sailing through desolate and tempestuous waters and discovering lonely isles in the middle of nowhere.


Honorable Mentions: Dictionary, The Bible