Books that altered the colour of my mind

Discover transformative reads with 'Books that altered the colour of my mind'—a curated list of life-changing literature that reshapes perspectives and inspires profound thought.

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The wings of the dove

 

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The Little Prince

 

An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who relates his adventures in seeking …
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Wuthering Heights

by Emily Bronte

One of English literature's classic masterpieces—a gripping novel of love, propriety, and tragedy. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American …
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The Lover

by Marguerite Duras

A modern classic and international bestseller with more than one million copies in print, The Lover has been celebrated by critics and readers across the …
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Doctor Zhivago

by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak

An epic novel of Russia before and during the Revolution.
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy

A heartbreaking portrayal of a woman faced by an impossible choice in the pursuit of happiness When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to …
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Dreamtigers

by Jorge Luis Borges

Poems, stories, and personal reflections reveal the interwoven existence of imagination and reality in the mind of the South American writer
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (adult)

by C. S. Lewis

Four English school children enter the magic land of Narnia through the back of a wardrobe and assist Aslan, the golden lion, in defeating the …
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I Capture the Castle

by Dodie Smith

One of the 20th Century's most beloved novels is still winning hearts I Capture the Castle tells the story of seventeen-year-old Cassandra and her family, …
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Sputnik Sweetheart

by Haruki Murakami

Part romance, part detective story, Sputnik Sweetheart tells the story of a tangled triangle of uniquely unrequited love. Now with a new introduction from the …
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Brideshead Revisited

by Evelyn Waugh

Waugh tells the story of the Marchmain family. Aristocratic, beautiful and charming, the Marchmains are indeed a symbol of England and her decline in this …
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Girlfriend in a Coma

by Douglas Coupland

After making love for the first time, high school senior Karen Ann McNeil confides to her boyfriend Richard of the dark visions she's been recently …
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A Hero of Our Time

by Mikhail Lermontov

In its adventurous happenings–its abductions, duels, and sexual intrigues–A Hero of Our Time looks backward to the tales of Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron, …
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The Portrait of a Lady

by Henry James

When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But …
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Wide Sargasso Sea

by Jean Rhys

"A considerable tour de force by any standard." ?New York Times Book Review"
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Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy

The must-have Pevear and Volokhonsky translation of one of the greatest Russian novels ever written Described by William Faulkner as the best novel ever written …
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The virgin suicides

 

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We

by Yevgeny Zamyatin

Before Brave New World... Before 1984...There was... WE In the One State of the great Benefactor, there are no individuals, only numbers. Life is an …
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The Mandarins

by Simone de Beauvoir

In her most famous novel, The Mandarins, Simone de Beauvoir takes an unflinching look at Parisian intellectual society at the end of World War II. …