Books That Changed History: From the Art of War to Anne Frank’s Diary

We can all remember books that changed our lives – perhaps it was Jane Eyre or Catch-22, The Shock of the New or Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Book publicity encourages us to think that we shall never be the same after reading – a book about the Holocaust, a historical romance, a book written by a Man Booker winner, a book-club bestseller, a film tie-in. Books will change your life forever, give you a new way of thinking and make you laugh and cry. C.S. Lewis suggests that we are very protective of the books we...