Well, at least according to a UK research/polling company. Below is the list of books their research and polls determined to be the most inspirational. Not sure I agree with all their results (though I have not read numbers 3, 7 and 8), but I suppose that may depend on how you define “inspirational.” What do you think?

1. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee (1960)

2. The Bible

3. A Child Called It – Dave Pelzer (2001)

4. Men are from mars, Women are from Venus – John Gray (1993)

5. Diary of Anne Frank – Anne Frank (1947)

6. 1984 – George Orwell (1949)

7. A Long Walk to Freedom – Nelson Mandela (2002)

8. The Beach – Alex Garland (1994)

9. The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger (2005)

10. The Catcher in the Rye – J D Salinger (1951)