The twenty most formative books I've read with regard to my own writing, and why. In order:20. A History of Civilization, by Fernand Braudel19. Why I Write, by George Orwell18. Horace's Odes and Epodes17. Beowulf, Seamus Heaney's Translation16. Conquistador, by Buddy Levy15. Bulfinch's Mythology14. The Communist Manifesto13. True Believer, by Eric Hoffer12. Discourses on Livy, Machiavelli11. La Rochefoucauld's Maxims and Self Reflections10. A Treasury of Irish Literature, Barnes and Noble Leather Bound Edition9. John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress8. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy the Constance Garnet Translation7. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy6. The Abolition of Man, by C. S. Lewis5. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury Top 5 Influences4. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald3. Plato's Symposium*. Freud's Psychology of Psychoanalysis2. William Wordsworth1. The BiblePurchase a copy of my books here:⁠https://www.amazon.com/author/broomcrownnewpeace⁠Sample my writing at:brandon.water.blog

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