Please write down the books that you can't forget. That keep you up at all hours reading. That you can't stop thinking about. Books that you wish everyone could experience.
I really want to get back into the swing of reading a lot again.
Kiara
Favorite Answer
"Something Borrowed" by Emily Griffin. It's lighthearted yet meaningful. I read this book in a mere two days, yet I felt as if I'd read it thoroughly for years. It was an incredible read, and I would definitely recommend it if you like Women's Fiction or just a lighthearted yet meaningful novel.
I've also very much enjoyed "The Mermaid Chair" by Sue Monk Kidd, "Message in a Bottle" by Nicholas Sparks, and, along a different genre, "The Great Divorce" by C.S. Lewis.
chellyk
Girl With the Pearl Earring Tracey Chevalier; The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards; anythg by Jodi Picoult; The Scarlet Letter Nahtaniel Hawthorne; Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Anonymous
Gone With The Wind has been a favorite for years is just a beautiful book but don't bother with Scarlett is just dull. Also love anything by Alice Hoffman, The Outlander series by Diana Gabladon (time travel and Scottish highlanders) fabulous could not put them down and those are big heavy books. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy is excellent for something a bit lighter try The Lovely bones by Alice Sebold um what else can't think of anymore but if I do will email you love to read can you recommend some for me?
Ryan M
I've included a large list because I hope you'll read at least one:
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
If you haven't read it yet, you have to. It is one of the great literary classics and an important study of human nature that no human being should pass up.
Amerika by Franz Kafka
It's a look at the USA from the point of view of a guy who never went there. It has a good storyline, and the discrepancies between what we know and what Kafka thinks he knows are interesting to trace.
Dr Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
In my opinion, it's the greatest love story ever written. Don't get hung up on its length. If you read it, you'll never forget it.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
A confusing, but short read. In a completely different style than you've ever seen. It's one that will keep you wondering what's actually happening with the stream of consciousness narration until the very end. I've read it a couple of times, and enjoyed myself both times.
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
It's the best novel to deal with the development of black culture and black oppression in America. The metaphors are brilliant, and the storytelling is very impressive.
Look these up and see which one you'd like to start with. Try at least one of them.
Anonymous
Dragonwyck by Anya Seton
A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
Wuthering Heights by Bronte
Katherine Graham by Katherine Graham