632 books
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720 voters
Listopia > JAMES AKER's votes on the list Books That Changed My World (22 Books)
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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"Aticus Finch is a role model."
JAMES
rated it 5 stars
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Walden & Civil Disobedience
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"Ah to be on Walden Pond with only two chairs."
JAMES
rated it 5 stars
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Fahrenheit 451
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"Ignorance is the curse of God. Knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven."
JAMES
rated it 4 stars
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Dune (Dune #1)
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"Plots within plots. A Byzantine drama."
JAMES
rated it 4 stars
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Sophie’s Choice
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"There are things in life that are worse than death."
JAMES
rated it 5 stars
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The Great Gatsby
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"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
JAMES
rated it 5 stars
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Les Misérables
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"An eternity on paper."
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The Power of Positive Thinking
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"There is great power in this book."
JAMES
rated it 5 stars
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
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"My first real novel as a young reader."
JAMES
rated it 5 stars
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Holy Bible: Reformation Study Bible, ESV
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"The living word of God."
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Foundation (Foundation, #1)
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"The machinations of a brilliant mind and the beginning of psychohistory."
JAMES
rated it 4 stars
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How Green Was My Valley
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The Shining (The Shining, #1)
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"Truly a scary tale."
JAMES
rated it 5 stars
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The Call of the Wild
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"Taught me the meaning of cold."
JAMES
rated it 4 stars
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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
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"The mystery of mysteries. Served as a template for many books to come."
JAMES
rated it 5 stars
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The Secret of the Old Mill (The Hardy Boys, #3)
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"Oneof my first books as a kid."
JAMES
rated it 4 stars
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Richard III
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"A villian of epic proportions."
JAMES
rated it 5 stars
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Henry V
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"A hero of epic proportions."
JAMES
rated it 4 stars
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Mere Christianity
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"A good book for those who may have doubts. It helped me."
JAMES
rated it 4 stars
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
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"Helped my appreciation of fine writing skills."
JAMES
rated it 5 stars
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The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
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"A good hard boiled detective story. It peaked my interest for more of the same."
JAMES
rated it 4 stars
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The Maltese Falcon
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"The classic hard boiled gumshoe tale."
JAMES
rated it 4 stars
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