The Book That Changed My Life

Books change lives – Which one changed yours?

Is there a book that you feel really changed your life? A book that made you decide to do what you do or helped you to be who you are?

It might be a treasured childhood book, or a coming-of-age story, a classic novel or even a self-help book, a book that made you think or one that made you laugh... Whatever it is, we’d like you to tell us about “the book that changed your life”!

 

THE BOOK THAT CHANGED MY LIFE - AVAILABLE NOW

The Book That Changed My Life coverThe Book That Changed My Life is a collection of short stories about life-changing books, featuring entries by A L Kennedy, Alexander McCall-Smith, Brian Cox and Janice Galloway as well as the general public. A definite must-have for book lovers, it is available from Waterstone’s and Amazon now.

 

 

 

The deadline has now passed for submitting stories for possible inclusion in the book that we will be publishing in 2010, but if you have a story to share, we'd still love to hear it, and it will be featured here on the website.

Take Part Now!


 

Read this inspirational story!

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh's story about 'Krapp's Last Tape'Book Cover of 'Krapp's Last Tape' by Samuel Beckett

"I laughed aloud in the empty theatre. And after that the story proper began with Krapp listening to the tape recording of his younger self.

Suddenly it was no longer funny..."

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* Authors' and other celebrities' stories 


Promo Videos 

Scroll through the videos on the player below to see some of the entries we had for our Book That Changed My Life viral video competition. These are Youtube hosted videos so feel free to post them wherever you like!