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The Essay The Book that Changed Me Episodes

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  1. Luke Johnson on The Magic of Thinking Big

    5/5 Entrepreneur Luke Johnson celebrates the classic self-help book The Magic of Thinking Big.

  2. Malorie Blackman on The Color Purple

    4/5 Children's Laureate Malorie Blackman on Alice Walker's novel The Color Purple.

  3. Simon McBurney on And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos

    3/5 Actor Simon McBurney on John Berger's And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos.

  4. Tracey Thorn on The Female Eunuch

    2/5 Singer Tracey Thorn on how Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch spoke to her as a teenager.

  5. Alan Johnson on David Copperfield

    1/5 Politician Alan Johnson on how Dickens's David Copperfield affected the course of his life