Top Ten Tuesday (32)

Top Ten Tuesdays is a meme hosted by the Broke and the Bookish.  This week’s topic is:

Top Ten Books That Make You Think (About The World, People, Life, etc

1. The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien: The battle between good and evil, and what our role might be in it, has never been better written.

2. Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery: Anne manages to see so much beauty in the world that it inspires readers to try to do the same.

3. The Chosen by Chaim Potok: A book about friendship and human nature.

4. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger: Haven’t all of us felt that the world is full of phonies?

5. The Four Loves by C. S. Lewis: A brief, meandering exploration of what it means to love, whether it be affection, friendship, eros, or agape.

6. My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok: More on human nature and also a lot about art and beauty.

7. 1984 by George Orwell: What makes a dysoptia and how might it occur in our world?

8. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster:  Looking at the world in a completely new way.

9. Born Yesterday by James Solheim: A whimsical look into a newborn’s mind and how he might view and learn about the world.

10. Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer: Foer explores the power of the human mind and explains that often “limitations” are simply things we have invented and imposed on ourselves.

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