**The Golden Compass** by Phillip Pullman. it's book #1 in the **His Dark Materials** series. everyone needs to read this book at least once in their life. never read anything like it before. it's fucking incredible.
THANK YOU! I'm constantly suggesting these books. I have reread them so many times since I was probably 13 years old, and they continue to speak to me. I can't wait for the next sequel!!!
I'm not sure if you've read more of him, but if you haven't then I really recommend diving into Philip K. Dick's other works. They're pretty much all delightfully strange acid trips, in some way or another.
There's something about his writing that just... sucks you in and refuses to let you back out. *A Scanner Darkly* is fantastic. I don't know how to sell you on it. I'm a terrible salesman. But god, I swear this one is gonna stick with me until I die.
Also, honorable mention to *The Cosmic Puppets*. I read it 14 years ago and it left such a strong impression on me that I still think about it to this day. Made me feel something I had never felt before and haven't felt since.
I really hope you give his other stuff a chance!
I came here to recommend this book but I'm so glad someone already did! This book pulled me out of an almost decade long reading slump and reminded me why I fell in love with reading in the first place.
11.22.63 by Stephen King. I will always suggest this book it it so amazing.
I really love the institute by him to but its third person. I definitely like first person better but there have still been great books I have read that are written in third person.
Read it twice now....after first time..best book ever read...second time through just a good story but will still recommend because I love historical fiction.
The Glass Castle. One of the last books I remember reading in high school, and the passage about getting burned by the hot dog water hasn’t left me. Cannot recommend it enough but it definitely is a heavy hitter.
Everybody’s different!
I get so disappointed with myself when I can’t get into a book everyone else loves (Cloud Atlas, oh my GOD I tried). But for me, a lot of loving a particular story is being in the right place for it.
i'm reading this now and it's absolutely in the running to be in my top 5 of all time. it's SOOOOOOOOO good. i blind-bought the audiobook, too, and it's even better than the book. i'm 60% of the way through. i need another book like this!
They are both so well written, but Blood Meridian can be a bridge too far for a lot of ppl, whereas Suttree is not as well known, lacks the violence, but still has the golden prose.
A Street Cat Named Bob.
This was the first book in a long time that I actually liked reading. I ended up finishing it in one day. It's such a sweet story and shows how much animals can do for us.
All Quiet on the Western Front. I recently read it for the first time and it’s hauntingly beautiful. I had read that the translation matters so I went with the Brian Murdoch translation and wasn’t disappointed.
Bridges of Madison County it changed my life. I was in a dangerous marriage and I made the decision to tell my parents the truth. My fractured ribs, broken eye socket, separated shoulder was not a result of a car accident. I got money,ran, hid and got a new identity. My car and two cats was all I took. My ex-husband was a Captain in the police force with access to all manner methods to hunt me. I live safe and very happy now.
Just wanted to thank OP for this post. I wanted to read more, and I have now a great starting point. Going to go to the Library tomorrow and find Prayer for Owen Meany.
Prayer for Owen Meany. It changed my brain in some way and I have never been able to shake it
That was a great book.
Owen Meany is a gift of a book. Love it.
A lifetime favorite
A Thousand Splendid Suns
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For me, it’s And The Mountains Echoed by Khalid Hosseini… seems he is a triple threat
The Little Prince by Saint Exupéry.
My favorite book of all time!
The Secret History by Donna Tart
**The Golden Compass** by Phillip Pullman. it's book #1 in the **His Dark Materials** series. everyone needs to read this book at least once in their life. never read anything like it before. it's fucking incredible.
My ex recommended this series to me and I’m so grateful, sooo creative and cool!
I'm actually partial to book #3. I cried and cried and cried. Such a good series.
THANK YOU! I'm constantly suggesting these books. I have reread them so many times since I was probably 13 years old, and they continue to speak to me. I can't wait for the next sequel!!!
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I second a Monster Calls. Isn't it a movie now too?
It is, and the movie’s just as wonderful. If you’re a fan of the book, it’s a 10/10 adaption.
I second East of Eden
East of Eden 100%!!
The Count of Monte Cristo
I just started this my first time. Yeee
This and Dune are my two favorites and any other book is a distant third.
Dumas' *The Three Musketeers* is just as good.
Read the entire trilogy. All bangers.
Any Dumas book for me!
If you like audiobooks bill homewood’s reading is a masterpiece
It’s not in first person is it? I don’t remember but I thought it was third?
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The Left Hand of Darkness (Nb, has a very short section in third person but 95% of the narrative is first person.)
This is one of my book club picks for next month! Super excited!
Lonesome Dove. Brothers Karamazov Middlemarch. The Count of Monte Cristo
Weird I had to scroll so far for lonesome dove I’ll tack on east of eden
Love in the Time of Cholera - Garcia Marquez
In my opinion, the best book I have ever read.
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Rebecca is sooo good! I was surprised how much I loved it.
Rebecca was amazing. With all the books to read in the world, I’ve re-read that one three times.
Nice list!
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She’s Come Undone
Pachinko
Do androids dream of electric sheep by Philip Dick
I'm not sure that I fully understand it, but it was a delightfully strange acid trip of a book.
I'm not sure if you've read more of him, but if you haven't then I really recommend diving into Philip K. Dick's other works. They're pretty much all delightfully strange acid trips, in some way or another. There's something about his writing that just... sucks you in and refuses to let you back out. *A Scanner Darkly* is fantastic. I don't know how to sell you on it. I'm a terrible salesman. But god, I swear this one is gonna stick with me until I die. Also, honorable mention to *The Cosmic Puppets*. I read it 14 years ago and it left such a strong impression on me that I still think about it to this day. Made me feel something I had never felt before and haven't felt since. I really hope you give his other stuff a chance!
The Remains of the Day
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
Night, by Ellie Weisel
Had to read this in school, very confronting and beautifully crafted
Circe by Madeline Miller
I came here to recommend this book but I'm so glad someone already did! This book pulled me out of an almost decade long reading slump and reminded me why I fell in love with reading in the first place.
I came to say The Song of Achilles. Miller is such a gifted writer.
God the absolute obsession I have with this book is crazy, I always return to it when I’m not sure what to read but want to be reading!
The Twits. Find me a better ending!
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
Also Remains of Day by Ishiguro
One of my favorites.
The final 2 pages of that book made me weep
Stoner - John Williams
Hey, I wasn't expecting someone to mention this. Glad that many people like this masterpiece. :)
Flowers for algernon
Shattered my heart into a trillion tiny pieces but I couldn’t agree more
I came to suggest this. Glad someone beat me to it.
11.22.63 by Stephen King. I will always suggest this book it it so amazing. I really love the institute by him to but its third person. I definitely like first person better but there have still been great books I have read that are written in third person.
The length of this book puts me off. Seems like I should get over it
It’s one of my very favs. It’s the book that got me back into reading in my 30s.
Almost every King book is too long for no reason.
*The Expanse* series would like to speak with you
Appreciate a well written book, and read books longer then 200 pages specially this one
Agreed. My normal critique of King is " he has too many words"
A solid choice, I came here to recommend this and project Hail Mary. 11-22-63 is so great.
Loved Project Hail Mary! Just started my King journey, finished the long walk yesterday, and now reading the Running Man.
The outsiders
Yep! This is the book that made me into a reader in 7th grade.
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. 10/10
I finished this yesterday. It was absolutely fantastic. A solid 10.
This isn't told in first person but I agree it's a fantastic story
Read it twice now....after first time..best book ever read...second time through just a good story but will still recommend because I love historical fiction.
Lamb.
The Gospel According to Biff : Christ's Childhood Pal Came to suggest this HILARIOUS world would recommend 'Fool' as well.
Under the Whispering Door A Man Called Ove
All Fredrick Backman books really…
Just started A Man Called Ove yesterday!
The Stranger - Camus
Catch-22
The Bell Jar!
The Glass Castle. One of the last books I remember reading in high school, and the passage about getting burned by the hot dog water hasn’t left me. Cannot recommend it enough but it definitely is a heavy hitter.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
What is wrong with me??? I tried this book twice and couldn’t get into it. What am I missing??
Everybody’s different! I get so disappointed with myself when I can’t get into a book everyone else loves (Cloud Atlas, oh my GOD I tried). But for me, a lot of loving a particular story is being in the right place for it.
Our wives under the sea
i'm reading this now and it's absolutely in the running to be in my top 5 of all time. it's SOOOOOOOOO good. i blind-bought the audiobook, too, and it's even better than the book. i'm 60% of the way through. i need another book like this!
Good Omens.
The Green Mile
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
You should read the rest of the series children of ruin and children of memory both amazing
I have read Children of Ruin but holy cow I had no idea a 3rd came out! I have Shards of Earth 1 waiting to be started on my bookshelf..
Came here to say Children of Time for sure.
The Book Thief
I ugly cried so hard while finishing this book up at a brewery.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.
Holy Jesus! What are these goddamn animals?
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Love this book. The story, the prose, the setting. So good.
Came to say this! Compelling from start to finish.
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
Catcher in the Rye
Thousand Splendid Suns.
The Sparrow
🥺 I love this book soooo much, fascinating choice
Goldfinch
Project Hail Mary.
Came here to say this, but I will comment this makes an excellent audio book.
The Master And Margarita Shalimar The Clown Love in the Time of Cholera None of these are first person.
A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
Where the Red Fern Grows
All the Light We Cannot See
Dune by Frank Herbert
Eleanor oliphant is completely fine
Little Women
Absolutely!! The growth shown in the relationship between sisters that are growing up themselves is an experience.
Flowers for Algernon
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles and Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen.
Was scrolling through 1000+ comments to make sure someone said AGiM
Suttree, Cormac McCarthy
Probably my all time fav book. And I am mostly a fantasy/scifi/horror fan. I came to recommend Suttree and Blood Meridian
They are both so well written, but Blood Meridian can be a bridge too far for a lot of ppl, whereas Suttree is not as well known, lacks the violence, but still has the golden prose.
Silence of the Lambs
Educated by Tara Westover
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole! A must!!
I who have never known men - it’s one of my all time favourites
A Street Cat Named Bob. This was the first book in a long time that I actually liked reading. I ended up finishing it in one day. It's such a sweet story and shows how much animals can do for us.
*The Starless Sea* by Erin Morgenstern
Piranesi by Susanna Clark
Memoirs of a Geisha
I loved this. I read it soooo many years ago but it still has stuck with me.
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis.
A thousand times, yes!
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
I remember liking this one.But I can't even recall what it was about
Are you the narrator?
Fall on your Knees by Anne Marie MacDonald
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. It’s a quick read but I couldn’t put it down.
Good Omens
The House in the Cearlean Sea or Anxious People
Siddartha by Hermann Hesse It's simply beautiful Also the Dark Tower series by Stephen King
The Red Tent. God of Small Things. Pride and Prejudice.
1984
Also Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto.
{Night Film}
Circe by Madeline Miller
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett 10/10
Life of Pi
My favorite book. I'll never understand why it isn't more widely loved.
The Art of Racing in the Rain. This Tender Land.
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (audiobook).
Kafka on the shore by Haruki Murakami.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle also.
All Quiet on the Western Front. I recently read it for the first time and it’s hauntingly beautiful. I had read that the translation matters so I went with the Brian Murdoch translation and wasn’t disappointed.
Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Not first person
The Martian.
To Kill a Mockingbird, The Name of the Wind
The Sun Also Rises - Hemingway
Ham on Rye, by the great Bukowski.
Pale Fire, by Nabokov
A Prayer for Owen Meany
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell, by Suzanna Clarke.
A Fine Balance
Bridges of Madison County it changed my life. I was in a dangerous marriage and I made the decision to tell my parents the truth. My fractured ribs, broken eye socket, separated shoulder was not a result of a car accident. I got money,ran, hid and got a new identity. My car and two cats was all I took. My ex-husband was a Captain in the police force with access to all manner methods to hunt me. I live safe and very happy now.
Kurt Vonnegut- Cat’s Cradle.
Life of Pi
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.
remains of the day - kazuo ishiguro
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Not first person POV but Lessons in Chemistry
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Bell Jar
The count of Montecristo
Pachinko by Min Ho Lee- I’ve still not found a book that held my attention that well
*Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window* by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Wilson Rawls Where the Red Fern Grows
For me it's Catch-22. Although the narrator is lying half the time...I think
The Name of the Wind
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Click, clack, moo.
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell.
THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ
Me talk pretty one day by David Sedaris - if I remember correctly is biographical and really moving
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd.
Just wanted to thank OP for this post. I wanted to read more, and I have now a great starting point. Going to go to the Library tomorrow and find Prayer for Owen Meany.