16 Life-Changing Books Everyone Should Read At Least Once

The Top Epic Fantasy Books

• A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin.
• The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.
• The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson.
• A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin.
• Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb.
• The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch.
• Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey.

7 Books You Can Read Over and Over Again

• We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves – Karen Joy Fowler.
• 1984 – George Orwell.
• Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë
• Harry Potter (Series) – J.K. Rowling.
• Moby Dick – Herman Melville.
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams.
• Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë

• Beloved’ by Toni Morrison.
• Slouching Towards Bethlehem’ by Joan Didion.
• The Four Agreements’ by Don Miguel Ruiz.
• Where the Crawdads Sing’ by Delia Owens.
• Untamed’ by Glennon Doyle.
• How to Be an Antiracist’ by Ibram X.

Here are our picks for our 5 favorite life-changing books.

1. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
2. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz.
3. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael Singer.
4. Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life by Ozan Varol.

Reading can allow you to see what’s important to you by the kind of books you tend to choose. Reading increases your own creativity, sometimes sparking other ideas in your life. Reading can make you feel not so alone, especially a memoir of someone who’s been through the same thing you have.