50 Most Influential Books of the Last 50 (or so) Years. In compiling the books on this list, the editors at SuperScholar have tried to provide a window into the culture of the last 50 years. Ideally, if you read every book on this list, you will know how we got to where we are today. Not all the books on this list are “great.” The criterion for inclusion was not greatness but INFLUENCE. All the books on this list have been enormously influential. The books we chose required some hard choices. We also tried to keep a balance between books that everyone buys and hardly anyone reads versus books that, though not widely bought and read, are deeply transformative. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 45.
Extraordinary. - StumbleUpon. Nicole Krauss quotes. “If I had a camera," I said, "I'd take a picture of you every day. That way I'd remember how you looked every single day of your life. " "I look exactly the same. " "No, you don't. You're changing all the time. Every day a tiny bit.
If I could, I'd keep a record of it all. " "If you're so smart, how did I change today? " "You got a fraction of a millimeter taller, for one thing. "They did not! " "Yes, they did. " "Did NOT. " "Did too. " "What else, you big pig? " "You got a little happier and also a little sadder. " "Meaning they cancel out each other, leaving me exactly the same. " "Not at all. "How do you know? " "Think about it. "I guess not. "And have you ever been sadder? " "No. " "It isn't like that for everyone, you know. "What about you?
"Of course I am. " "Why? " "Because nothing makes me happier and nothing makes me sadder than you.