Several years ago I came across a list in Parade Magazine entitled, “The top ten most influential books.” The authors of the list surveyed Book of the Month Club members and Library of Congress users and asked them, “What one book most influenced your life?” The resultant top ten list is quite a list indeed.
(There are actually thirteen because four tied for the last spot.)

• The Bible
• Atlas Shrugged
  - Ayn Rand
• The Road Less Traveled
  - M. Scott Peck
• To Kill a Mockingbird
  - Harper Lee
• The Lord of the Rings
  - J.R.R. Tolkien
• Gone With the Wind
  - Margaret Mitchell
• How to Win Friends and Influence People
  - Dale Carnegie
• The Book of Mormon
• The Feminine Mystique
  - Betty Friedan
• Gift From the Sea
  - Anne Morrow Lindbergh
• Man's Search for Meaning
  - Viktor Frankl
• Passages
  - Gail Sheehy
• When Bad Things Happen to Good People
  - Harold Kushmen