The Books that Changed the Way I Think.

[@TheIoMeroMero]

Dear Ana Thank you for bringing back passion for books in my life. That is, thank you for bringing back passion, in general, in my life.

[@GraceAn3]

A book that I read as a teen that changed the way I thought was In Cold Blood. That book made me realize that for some people murder is a very random and casual thing. It made me feel less safe in the world.

[@lara423]

Ever since I started reading historical fiction, it definitely changed my thought process. Though the story may not be real, the trials of life in those times were probably real for someone.

[@radiantchristina]

First things first....that top - the fuzzy collar is so fabulous ! The Devil in the White City was my gateway drug to Larson - I'm working my way through all his works.

[@redwinepinkhair]

Books featured: The Observable Universe by Heather McCalden The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks The $12 Million Stuffed Shark by Don Thompson Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag The Devil and the White City by Erik Larson The Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich Cults Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer Seductive Poison by Deborah Layton

[@brynperry3740]

you are legitimately my style icon

[@frannook]

Same!

[@MothsAreTheBest]

Omg I JUST handed in my semester assignment. Perfect timing✨

[@thegenesis0]

The hermeneutics of the subject, by Michel Foucault (it made me understand the difference between ancient philosophie and modern philosophy and the importance of the transformational aspect of philosophy) and Slouching towards Bethlehem, by the great Joan Didion (and especially the essay Goodbye to all that. It made me ok with the fact that as we age, we change, our needs change, as do our aspirations);

[@laindarko3591]

Not a book but a single essay altered my brain chemistry the most (at least as far as non-fic goes): "The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction" by Ursula K Le Guin. Totally rocked my world.

[@claaaaaara]

Loved this vid!!! I guess the most recently book that changed the way I think is The Californian Ideology, by Barbrook and Cameron, and I actually think you'll enjoy it, Ana! It's a look on the beginning of internet and the ideologies of people who were creating it. It's SO good

[@HeatherB81]

Your hair!!! Gorgeous dahling!!

[@Movingthebookmark]

I think you would really enjoy Get The Picture by Bianca Bosker. Journalist explores the contemporary Art Machine in NYC. Wild ride! The book was published this year.

[@foxingboarder2744]

a little history of the world changed me too . thank u to my cute tinder romance for introducing me to ernst G.

[@cathyg.9996]

Interesting selection of books! I also loved and was completely engrossed in The Devil In The White City. Erik Larson is such an interesting writer and it always amazes me how much research he must put into all of his books. I have Thunderstruck in my TBR pile. Love the sweater and the lipstick on you! ❤💄

[@murranz]

I like the way you say can

[@thenothingsong]

I love Oliver Sacks's books! So fascinating.

[@petrazorica]

Fabulous as always and would love to see more spring NYC reading vlogs from you! :)

[@Sthemingway]

Your shirt is giving me Winter Olympics figure skating. I've read many of Alain de Botton's books over the last 20+ years. I return often to this line from his book "The Consolations of Philosophy": "We must reconcile ourselves to the necessary imperfectability of existence...We will cease to be so angry once we cease to be so hopeful" (85). I've also read a handful of books by Caitlin R. Kiernan. This dialogue exchange from "Murder of Angels" made me so sad the first time I read it: "What if you're wrong and we never get to find out? It's kind of presumptuous, isn't it, assuming that dead people know any more than we do." "My, but we're in an existential mood, today, aren't we?" "It's just something I was thinking about yesterday morning, that's all. How terrible it would be to be dead, to be a ghost and know that you're dead, and still not know if there's a God." (67).

[@jacktheblackcat17]

I'll always support you queen. Just saying

[@952Kerbear]

The Ishmael Series by Daniel Quinn changed my view of society and increased my awareness of the narrative we are told of how humans should and have lived. Shifted my whole perspective.

[@Kobyteef8]

The Personality Brokers by Merve Emre changed my perspective on personality tests and made me think harder about what I accept as scientifically true. It’s about the history of the Meyers Briggs Personality Type Indicator (MBTI), it’s creators, and it’s corporate use. I read it during college and it was the perfect time for it to blow my mind!!

[@anajordan42]

The road to Jonestown by Jeff Guinardó was such a good account of the entire history of the cult. It was so well written and it was crazy to watch his cult grow from the very begining to what it blew out too

[@sarahrainey3779]

Just one of the many books that have changed my mind about how a story can be told without a linear timeline is Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson. Astounded my undergraduate brain!

[@cheris464]

ways of seeing by john bergers that had changed my perception of culture what we had seen in the world

[@angelafraser4572]

It's somewhat dated now as it was published in the 1950s but E. H Gombrich's 'The story of art' is a great introduction to Art History

[@kaitf25]

Great list!! I’d love to see a fiction list as well ❤

[@nka30]

Human kind, a hopeful history - changed my whole perspective on humanity.

[@AnaMariaBotoser]

LOVED this video! I feel like richness lies in variety and you always inspire me to read broadly and about things I don’t know enough about😊 A book that changed the way I think has to be “Liquid Modernity” by Zygmunt Bauman - it’s such an interesting concept that made me understand how the contemporary world truly works from a sociological point of view - I highly recommend it!

[@daniele5780]

We have the same exact shirt!! Btw, you're incredible and I write down all of your recommendations.

[@Souppus]

Where did you get the shirt ?!???

[@daniele5780]

@@Souppus I don’t really remember but I’m pretty sure it was thrifted

[@Yajaaaa]

yees the shirt and th lip color soo good

[@nyxian_grid]

Maybe a controversial choice, but The Women Who Run With The Wolves was definitely a book that stuck with me and I think I'll reread over and over. Also The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks made me look very differently at medicine and research!

[@nissasbookcorner]

damn that last book sounds soo fascinating… i think the book that rlly just altered my brain chemistry was the wall by marlen haushofer (i know i’m a broken record)

[@laindarko3591]

That's one of my all time favorite books and this is the first time I've seen someone else mention it online! That book is really on another level

[@nissasbookcorner]

@@laindarko3591 omgg hell yeah!!

[@brizhammer]

For me it was The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class

[@BenIsFiguringitOut]

Where do I start? I’ll name the first two that came in my head, but probably a good 15-20 books have changed my perspective. “48 Laws of Power” by Robert Greene helped me realize that in this world, you can’t be naive or you’ll be taken advantage of. I’ve been naive over my life and I see how that has hurt me. “Factfulness” by Rosling helped me realize that critical thinking is sooooo crucial in this world!

[@Mandiisstingsandthings]

Have you read “A Girl is a Half - formed thing” by Eimear McBride I’m currently reading it and I think it’s going to be a book that changed my mind lol

[@peek-a-book6551]

Witchcraft A History in Thirteen Trials By Marion Gibson is a captivating read. This book really made me think about women of the past and how we live today.

[@cindyo6298]

I think Fight Club and Flatland fundamentally changed me as a person. Probably Black Box Thinking as well

[@wolborg105]

Please make one for fiction as well!

[@orangeelliot]

not me finally joining the patreon for potential cult content. (i had already been planning to join "eventually" but this pushed me over the edge!)

[@AnaWallaceJohnson]

I’m posting a poll to see if it’s a desirable video right now :)))) thank you for joining!

[@reaganwiles_art]

I want to reply to this, it's so intriguing! I am a book person, all my best friends are dead authors. So asking myself, keeping it reductive, what one book has changed my mind? I quell at the answer. None. Is this sad, is this deleterious? Books have added to the stock of images, words, associations surely. Books have elicited strong emotions. Has any book altered me fundamentally, as I identify me myself or as a self, if such exists, which I deny categorically? No way man. Closest I ever came to transformation was LSD, decades ago. Even there I must say that what was revealed was what I had always suspected even as a tot. Discovery of changelessness, that.

[@tine272]

my fav type of videos

[@BCgal924]

Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe was the first nonfiction book I read that truly held my attention like a novel! It was so fascinating I would think about it all day at work and couldn't wait to read it haha

[@albin2232]

The books that most profoundly changed my thinking were all popup books.

[@harrylew]

Interesting recommendations. Just curious on the Sacks book. Were the Sack's case histories fictional (and the book, a novel) or based on real-life people (a non-fiction work)? I thought it was the latter, but I could be wrong.

[@thenothingsong]

They're based on his real-life patients! Or at least most of them are.

[@luisaoc7378]

Can you talk to us about the painting behind you, please?

[@GreenRazzles]

PLEASE READ "Camp Fear" by Tom Bland

[@jibby1986]

I love Erik Larson. I've read six of his books. Devil in the White City is the first one I read. Funny thing: I didn't like it all that much, primarily due to the World's Fair chapters -- which I found boring. I started skipping them to get back to Holmes halfway through the book. But I saw enough of the genius that I tried out another one of his books, In the Garden of the Beasts, and was hooked. Another funny thing, your two favorite books of his are my two least favorite. I'd go Splendid and the Vile, Garden of the Beasts, Isaac's Storm, Demon of Unrest, Dead Wake, and then Devil in the White City. But at least we agree he's awesome! (P.S. I'm going to his book event in LA on 5/28. I can't wait.)

[@vrowed7422]

I was the opposite, I liked the Chicago World's Fair parts and hated the H H Holmes parts 😂

[@thepaperdavid]

For me it's Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti above all books. Didn't need much of a push, but it turned me into a big ol' commie.

[@marcinpiatek6108]

I am hopelessly in love with you ...

[@fernandoojeda2132]

😁❤️😘

[@sowmyaroyy]

I want to know if u have insta account, love to follow you there too..love your accent, content & book reco's❤