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icc97 on March 19, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: What book changed your life?

I read the following 3 in this order and it definitely co-incided with a change in my life for the better:

* A confession and other religious stories by Leo Tolstoy * Happiness by Matthieu Ricard (a counter argument against French philosophers who believe happiness doesn't exist) * The Diary of Anne Frank * A Life Interrupted by Etty Hillesum (the most beautiful book I will ever read)

providedotemacs on March 20, 2022 [–]

"The Kingdom of God Is Within You" by Tolstoy is definitely a top book for me. I find that I understand it in a slightly different way each time I read it.

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