Ask HN: What was the one book that you read and it actually changed your life?

How to Win Friends and Influence People

"How To Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie It's an enduring classic for good reason.

it should be required reading in college. However, it has one glaring fault: it doesn't provide many tips on motivating yourself to take personal interest in others.

How to Make Friends and Influence People

This was one of my favorites. The style of writing made me rethink what is possible in storytelling and philosophical/psychological narratives.

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius - practical advice on how to arm yourself every day.

It's an amazing one.

I didn't find it nauseating, it's an interesting tale

I haven't read Siddhartha, and expect I won't like it

I read this in high-school, and I can see very clearly how it has influenced my thinking up to the current day

Great book indeed.

I think Frankl's book might be helpful, but I wouldn't really know where to start trying to convince her that it might help.

Man's Search for Meaning by Frankl - no matter how bad you think you have it, it can be worse, and you can find meaning.

reading the 4HWW is the part when Ferriss defines the word muse.

I would second the 4-Hour Workweek

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. It really opened my mind to so many fascinating mental constructs.

The hobbit - came with the adventure game that my aunty had on her c64 got me into computers and reading aged about 7

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. I'm surprised nobody mentioned it yet. It made me reconsider quite a few things.

Letters from a Stoic (Seneca). The pursuit of happiness is meaningless, focus on the pursuit of wisdom.