It didn't seem relevant to include all the literature that influenced these ideas, Igguldon, Sanderson, Rowling, Tolkein, Rothfuss and J Abercrombie have entertained me for countless hours also.
1. Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Millennium Publications, 2014.
2. BRILLIANT, LARRY. SOMETIMES BRILLIANT. COLLINS, 2016.
3. Bstan-vdzin-rgya-mtsho, and Howard C. Cutler. The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living. Coronet, 1999.
4. Bstan-ʾdzin-rgya-mtsho. The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality. Morgan Road Books, 2005.
5. Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, et al. The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote de La Mancha. Penguin, 2003.
6. Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. Chancellor, 1985.
---. David Copperfield. Penguin Books, 1994.
7. Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, et al. The Idiot. Penguin Books, 2004.
8. Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, and David McDuff. The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts and an Epilogue. Penguin, 2003.
9. Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. Random House UK, 2024.
10. Mistry, Rohinton. A Fine Balance. Faber, 2006.
11. Orwell, George. 1984. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.
12. Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich. Doctor Zhivago. Collins Harvill, 1958.
13. Roberts, Gregory David. Shantaram. 1st U.S. ed, St. Martin’s Press, 2004.
14. Sholokhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich. And Quiet Flows the Don. Translated by Stephen Garry, Penguin Books, 2016.
15. Shroder, Tom. Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal. Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA), 2014.
16. Tolstoj, Lev Nikolaevič, et al. Anna Karenina: A Novel in Eight Parts. Penguin Books, 2001.
---. War and Peace. Translated by Anthony Briggs, Penguin Books, 2007.
17. Tolstoy, Leo. The Death of Ivan Ilyich. [Reprint]., SoHo Books, 2013.
18. Towles, Amor. A Gentleman in Moscow. Hutchinson, 2016.
19. Wallace, David Foster, and Dave Eggers. Infinite Jest. Twentieth anniversary edition, Abacus, 2016.