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Top Ten Books That Make You Think

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the Broke and the Bookish.
This week's topic:  Top Ten Books That Make You Think

Some of these books I read a long time ago and some I read more recently.  They are all excellent books and each of them made me think a little bit more about my life, other's lives and the world at large.

1.) Columbine by Dave Cullen
2.) You Know When the Men are Gone by Siobhan Fallon-
3.) Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
4.) Kolyma Tales by Varlaam Shalamov
5.) Night by Elie Wiesel
6.) A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
7.) Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
8.) The Pregnancy Project by Gaby Rodriguez
9.) The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams
10.) Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser

What books made you think?  Have you read any of these?
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  1. ~Sara @ Just Another StorySeptember 11, 2012 at 1:49 PM

    Night is on both our lists. That story broke my heart and had me thinking about faith in a way I hadn't before. Great list.

    Here's my Top Ten Tuesday

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  2. Robyn @ Robolobolyn's UniverseSeptember 11, 2012 at 6:01 PM

    Night is definitely a thinker, I'm actually rather upset that I didn't think to put it on mine.

    Here's my TTT - http://robolobolynsuniverseofbooks.blogspot.ca/2012/09/top-ten-books-that-make-you-think.html

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  3. @MelissaJoLynn_September 11, 2012 at 7:39 PM

    I want to read Wintergirls, but never got around to it. Also, I saw Eat Pray Love, but haven't read it yet. Maybe it's time to get it =) Thanks for stopping by today. And you should def read When She Woke.

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