Books that changed me over the years

Written By Marco Angelo Samonte

  1. Harry Potter series (2001-2007)

  2. The Road (2006)

  3. A Series of Unfortunate Events (finished in 2006, discovered in 2007)

  4. Twilight (2005-2008, discovered in 2007)

  5. Percy Jackson series (2005-2009, discovered in 2008)

  6. The Hunger Games series (2008-2010)

  7. Abnkkbsnplako? by Bob Ong (released in 2001, discovered in 2008)

  8. Da Vinci Code (released in 2003, discovered in 2009)

  9. The Time Traveller’s Wife (2009)

  10. The Book Thief (released in 2005, discovered in 2010)

  11. The Kite Runner (released in 2003, discovered in 2011)

  12. The Fault in our Stars (2012)

  13. How to win friends and influence people (discovered in 2013)

  14. 7 habits of highly effective people (discovered in 2014)

  15. All the Light we cannot See (2015) — my first Pulitzer Prize

  16. Zero to One (released in 2014, discovered in 2016)

  17. How Google Works (released 2014, discovered 2017)

  18. Creativity Inc (released 2014, discovered 2017)

  19. Less (2018) — my first gay book

  20. Japanese self help books (2019)

  21. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki (released in 2013, discovered in 2020) — first Japanese novel

  22. Sapiens (released in 2011, discovered in 2020)

  23. Ikigai (released in 2016, discovered in 2021) — my first modern self help

  24. Biography of Tim Cook (2022)

  25. German self help books (2023)

  26. Herkunft (released in 2020, discovered in 2023) — my first German novel

  27. Kairos (released in 2021, discovered in 2024) — my first International Booker

  28. Song of Achilles (released in 2015, discovered in 2024) — my first Women’s Prize

  29. Piranesi (released in 2020, discovered in 2024)

  30. Hamnet (released in 2020, discovered in 2024)

  31. James (2024) — my first Black American book

  32. Orbitals (2024) — my first Booker

  33. The Vegetarian (released in 2007, discovered in 2025) — my first Nobel Prize

  34. The Years (released in 2008, discovered in 2025) — my first diary novel

  35. Runaway (released in 2004, discovered in 2025) — my first short story collection

  36. Winter Recipes from the Collective (2021, discovered in 2025) — my first poetry collection

  37. Am Königsweg (2017, discovered 2025) — my first theater piece

  38. Flights (2007, discovered 2025) — my first travelogue

  39. Secondhand Time (2013, discovered in 2025) — my first report collection

  40. The Bridge on the Drina (released in 1945, discovered in 2025)

  41. Build the Life you Want by Arthur C Brooks (released in 2023, discovered in 2025)

  42. School of Life (2019, discovered 2025)

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