let's share our experiences on the literary work that's had much effects/impact on your life. made you cry, laugh, sober, sad, angry, religious, romantic, challenged - anything worth knowing please share it here

richard wright's black boy

you did not tell us how it impacted your life.

it's he's bio. written during the apartheid era inunited states. the dream of a young boy to travel south.

i'm really really impressed by his bravery.

@jeythunder
na wetin i don do again?

what 'bout you?
which book has turn you into this,

this is a great question; which book impacted my life? I've read hordes of books over the years but no particular one that made much impact. I must have been reading a lot of crap. . Well. it's not too late to start - and not to late to be impacted, i hope . . .

Mao Zedong - Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-tung (Little Red Book)

John Locke - Essay Concerning Human Understanding

Social Anxiety by Mark R Leary.


It changed the way i thought about myself.

That my fear of social situations was real.It

taught me that;
*Its wasnt all in my head.

*I was not alone with these feelings.

*And that there are ways to deal with it.

I was so scared to get professional help,and this
book made me understand tha getting help was not a bad thing.

OGAGA! you and this your satanic bible

and then,whats wrong with the satanic Bible(SB)?

jeythunder:

OGAGA! you and this your satanic bible

Well I am currently reading up anything by Brother Gbile Akanni, What God looks for in his vessel, when God speaks Silent Labours, Becoming like Jesus and many more. Well I have read the LEFT BEHIND series and it affected my life sooooooo much

wbb

@ogaga
please dont lead me astray

The book 'piercing the darkness' and 'this present darkness' by frank pirelli opened my eyes to the reality of spiritual warfare.

Paulo Coleho - The alchemist

You just HAVE to read it!!!

the holy bible. it has given my life a meaning

None other than the Bible and not forgetting my daily devotional –Rhapsody of Realities

The bible is uncomparable. it has changed my life totally.
talking of devotionals, SU's Daily Guide, Selwyn hugh's everyday with Jesus, Dr kwakpowe' Daily manna and Ven Agbawe's manna for daily living are awesome daily starters

For me, its Goldilocks and Three Bears.

*sigh* Lately on NL, I feel like Goldilocks - so misunderstood


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I'm not really into self-help/how-to-live-your-life books because in general I find them a little silly and obvious and a ploy to take vulnerable people's money. It's basically not a genre I tend to patronize.

That being said, I got the Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren as a graduation from undergrad present from someone and although it remained unread for more than a year, it really changed my life once I got round to reading it.

Ok so some of the translations and verses he uses are a little over-liberally applied in the contexts in which they're used, but at the same time, I used to have a lot of anxiety about death and dying/ dying young and without having done anything etc, and this book really helped. And it's not like now I automatically know what I'm supposed to be doing but it reminded me that life is temporary and that this world is not the entirety or majority of my existence and that I'm not here just for myself. I'm probably not explaining it well, but anyway it really helped me at a time I was really low and needed to be reminded of certain things.

Barack Obama:Dreams of my father***I am reading it right now and lovin it**

Richard Wright:Black Boy

To kill a Mokingbird

What is the What by Dave Eggers

"Wow"-what a book_worm! like me
mmmmm,i like. . . . . .

The book of eternal life, the Holy Bible.

Rich Dad poor Dad by Robbert KIyosaki and Think and grow rich by Napoleon. In fact, the are phenomena books

i dont know why these obama's books have refused to entice me.

the game of life. 4gotten the author but its a must read.trust me

Motivational book 'How To Make Wealth Without Capital' by Austin Aniekie.The book is wonderful.Try to get your copy.

The Burden of Freedom By Myles Munroe.
The book has shown me that freedom comes with responsibilities.