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Listopia > Jonathan Terrington's votes on the list Books That Will Inspire You to Be a Better Person in 2013 (27 Books)
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Les Misérables
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"One of the great books of all and a novel steeped in so many ideas. It takes the heart of the gospel and turns it into a grand story!"
Jonathan
rated it 5 stars
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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"In its portrayal of debauchery it challenges us to not be like Dorian"
Jonathan
rated it 5 stars
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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"A beautiful tale about humanity really..."
Jonathan
rated it 5 stars
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The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3)
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"A grand epic about fantasy creatures - but also about the heroes among us"
Jonathan
rated it 5 stars
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes
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"You can learn plenty from the stories of Sherlock Holmes"
Jonathan
rated it 5 stars
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Pygmalion
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"A play about moral responsibility and language!"
Jonathan
rated it 4 stars
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Father Brown: The Essential Tales
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"Full of ideas that are applicable to helping you be a better person. Good books too!"
Jonathan
rated it 5 stars
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The Complete Tales and Poems
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"Poe may have had a twisted sense of imagination but his works are full of inspirational ideas. Inspiration can help uplift people!"
Jonathan
added it to to-read-classics
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Paradise Lost
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"An epic of humanity and spirituality. Alongside some beautiful literature work!"
Jonathan
rated it 5 stars
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
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"Logic, insanity and imagination. Inspirational, a little bizarre but one hundred percent full of good ideas for reality."
Jonathan
rated it 5 stars
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Peter Pan (Peter Pan, #2)
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"You'll learn why you should never fully grow up."
Jonathan
rated it 4 stars
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
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"Good dystopian novels challenge how we view the world. That's a good thing in my view!"
Jonathan
rated it 5 stars
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Brave New World
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"Challenges us not to be hedonistic and how we let consumerism drive our lives. Powerful."
Jonathan
rated it 5 stars
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Fahrenheit 451
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"Shows the power of books, ideas and poetry."
Jonathan
rated it 5 stars
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Lord of the Flies
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"Challenges our views on society, humanity and innocence."
Jonathan
rated it 5 stars
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The Great Gatsby
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"A book of unlikeable characters that like Dorian teaches us not to be so hedonistic."
Jonathan
rated it 5 stars
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Hamlet
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"It's Shakespeare! What else? Okay it's a play but it comes in a book form!"
Jonathan
rated it 5 stars
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The Merchant of Venice
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"See above"
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rated it 5 stars
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Othello
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"See above"
Jonathan
rated it 4 stars
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Much Ado About Nothing
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"See above"
Jonathan
rated it 4 stars
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Macbeth
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"See above"
Jonathan
rated it 5 stars
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King Lear
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"See above"
Jonathan
rated it 4 stars
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Romeo and Juliet
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"See above"
Jonathan
rated it 4 stars
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Frankenstein
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"Again, a book about social and moral responsibility."
Jonathan
rated it 5 stars
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Dracula
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"Also a book about responsibility. It will make you a better person by also a) making you realise that Twilight is not good vampire fiction and b) help you discover how to kill vampires - very handy!"
Jonathan
rated it 5 stars
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Green Eggs and Ham
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"You'll learn about fine dining. Also about stubbornness, imagination, language and why you should keep part of you as an inner child!"
Jonathan
rated it 4 stars
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