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@mrsjazz: love that one!
I was going to say the alchemist as well. I haven't been reading much lately. Have to make more time. -
@mrbee: Its been my favorite since 4th grade! So tender!
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She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb... I don't know what it is about that book, but it's sooo good. I've read it so many times, but I love it.
The Time Traveler's Wife disturbed me for some reason. The movie really disturbed me. It's really tough to watch.
So many books come to mind... I think that everyone should read Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld, The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank... I could go on.
I really want to read Gone Girl.
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Little Women was my favorite book as a kid, I must've read it ten times!
I loved the Pillars of The Earth series so, so much. Pretty much anything by Ken Follet has been great.
Also, the Game of Thrones series -- obsessed. I'm holding my breath until George R.R. Martin finishes the 6th book! Lol nerd alert
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Anne of Green Gables
Chronicles of Narnia
Unbroken (it is a true story...one of the most amazing books I have ever read)
One book that was really impactful for me personally called White Like Me (some might not like it but it changed my life)
Another book that changes my life is called Seven by Jen Hatmaker.
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Pride & Prejudice is a must read in my opinion.
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett - actually, ANY book by Ken Follett because he is far and away the most amazing author I have come across in recent years.
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@ree723: here here! Ken Follett is amazing
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Some great ones mentioned. I'd add Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey and Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. Those books all blew my mind. Also have a soft spot for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
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1984, The Alchemist, Life of Pi and Catcher in the Rye come to mind.
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@MamaMagpie: I can't get enough of him! I just started reading Fall of Giants, the first of the century trilogy. I didn't realise until after I'd started it that the final book doesn't come out until the end of 2014! Argh, I hate when I start a series before the entire thing has been released! An well, Follett is amazing, end of story.
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@anonysquire: @Rainbow Sprinkles: LOVE that you both mentioned Anne of Green Gables. DH grew up about 30 minutes from where the story takes place!!! Have you been to PEI?
The Book of Negroes
Still Alice (warning - this is a hard read if you have been affected by dementia/Alzheimer's).
The Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid SonsI'm also a sucker for the Harry Potter and Hunger Games trilogy!
Love this post idea - I need some new good reads and am going to use this list as a guide!
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Wuthering heights is my favorite classic. I loved the hunger games and the divergent series!
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@dagret: I think you are on to something with the non-fiction recommendations. I changed my mind.... A book all Americans should read is Nickel and Dimed, by Barbera Erlich I think. That book really enlightened me on how our society sets the working poor up for failure. Even though its not a political book, it changed my political views completely when I read it, because I'd lived my own version of that life and it really hit home to me.
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@Mrs. Pen: There's no shame in not liking Harry! I read two of them because I was teaching middle schoolers and felt I needed to be able to engage them about a book they all loved, but I didn't seek it out after that. I gave myself "permission" to stop on the grounds that the series was not written for me. The audiobooks read by Jim Dale are good, I turned off the only HP movie I started to watch.
No one said Shakespeare? I'll cast my vote for him--particularly Hamlet, Othello, and Julius Caesar.
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@Rainbow Sprinkles: yes, yes, yes, and yes again to Unbroken. That is one book I recommend to any type of reader, any type of person. What an incredible story from beginning to end!
@LadyFingers: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is one of my all time favorites.
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Great reads so far! I want to add Gilead and the History of Love. Two of my favorite books ever.
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@sera_87: We Need to Talk About Kevin was so scary to read! Have you seen the movie? The actors that play Kevin did a fantastic job...even the little boy!
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@honeybear: oh no I love Harry potter! But I just haven't read the books yet
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Love "The Warmth of Other Suns", which is a big nonfiction title about the migration of African Americans from the south to the north over the 20th century. It is fascinating and more than a little heartbreaking.
Right now I am reading "Far From the Tree" which is a big one (I think 700 pages), so I expect it will be something I'm "working on" for quite a while. It is about people who are born with differences. For example there are chapters on people who are transgender, autistic, have down syndrome, are dwarves, etc. It is done in a very respectful way and the author interviewed so many families. I am really loving it.
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@Ocean girl: Awww that's so cool!! I told my mom I want to taker her to PEI! It was one of our favorite movies to watch when I was a kid.
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Ok I'm going to try not to repeat any because there have been so many good suggestions. So here are my must reads:
1. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
2. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
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@birdofafeather: Ahhh History of Love! Such a great one! I think I'll reread that one soon.
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@bluestriped bee: Another Catholic with very limited knowledge of the bible. And this is after 12 years of Catholic schooling - lol. I just don't think of bible study as a big "thing" in the religion and I'm not entirely sure why that is.
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@Rainbow Sprinkles: Unbroken was so so so good! And I agree with Chronicles of Narnia. Brilliant.
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Firefly Lany by Kristin Hannah - best book ever about friendship
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The Birth House and Loving Frank are a couple of my favorites not yet mentioned.
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@mrsjazz: This is on my to-read list!
My suggestion would be either
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien ; or
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I would have to say The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak. Never has a book touched me so much. It is a heavy read and is narrated by Death, but I loved loved loved it. I recommend it to all my friends. I remember reading it on our honeymoon which was a road trip to Eastern Canada and I would be in the car reading between our stops , bawling my eyes out.
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@Rainbow Sprinkles: Chronicles of Narnia was going to be my pick!
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I think Wuthering Heights and The Time Travelers Wife have already been said, but I love them. oh and Captain Correli's Mandolin, again, MUCH better than the movie!
@yellowbird: We're from very close to the town and moors where the Brontes grew up and WH was set and they're just as brooding as the books make them out to be. Great shops though
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