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I have my own favorites of course, but before I start spouting opinions I want find out what books others have found worth reading.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What books have influenced your thought the most?<\/li>\n<li>What books have changed your life?<\/li>\n<li>What books do you strongly recommend to others?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m really interested in the results. This should be great for building a killer reading list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What books are worth reading? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/ask-the-readers-what-books-are-worth-reading\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12163,"featured_media":12639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[12],"tags":[464,4629,2323],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What books are worth reading?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One area that I plan to cover more frequently in the future is books. 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