these helped me become a decent person
Discover life-changing books that shaped character and empathy. This curated list features Heart of Darkness, She's Come Undone, and The Count of Monte Cristo—must-reads for personal growth and becoming a decent, thoughtful person.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
Relates a sailor's preparation for and execution of revenge against the three men responsible for his fifteen years in prison.
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She's Come Undone
by Wally Lamb
In this extraordinary coming-of-age odyssey, Wally Lamb invites us to hitch a wild ride on a journey of love, pain, and renewal with the most heartbreakingly comical heroine to come along in years. Meet Dolores Price. She's 13, wise-mouthed but wounded, having bid her childhood goodbye. Stranded in front of her bedroom TV, she spends the next few years nourishing herself with the Mallomars, potato chips, and Pepsi her anxious mother supplies. When she finally orbits into young womanhood at 257 pounds, Dolores is no stronger and life is no kinder. But this time she's determined to rise to the occasion and give herself one more chance before she really goes under.
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Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
Marlow sails down the Congo in search of Kurtz, a company agent who has, according to rumors, become insane in the jungle isolation.
