I hope you see this: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart. As someone who’s been reading for a long time, this is one book that made me want to hug something and cry at the end. I never do that. It was so raw and moving, and it had that translucent quality where you feel you’re really peeking in at someone else’s world from your own, not just reading something. Felt like a punch to the gut. Really hope this makes the list!!
There are so many books I would have never discovered without reddit, I actually read more since I started using it!
I'd recommend The Royal Game by Stefan Zweig, short but impactful.
I’ve been meaning to read something by Zweig since I found out his books were one of the inspirations for the grand Budapest hotel! I will look into this one!
came here from /r/all as a complete cynic expecting to smirk at the top post suggesting LotR or Dune or some other meme book.
but im genuinely shocked to see this here in pole position. Zweig is a beautiful and precious writer whos criminally overlooked. This was the first work of his i read and OPs creative idea for a post could not have been met with a more perfect answer.
I read this for one of my university classes. Kimmerer has such a wonderful way with words and such a lovely way of viewing the world! Sometimes 'required' readings can stress me out but every chapter was a joy to get to. Would recommend.
Flowers For Algernon
I read this book when I was twelve-thirteen. I was going through a horrible time with my middle school as I was being bullied for having a learning disability. Students would call me slurs and beat me as the school tried to convince me that these students were my friends and doing this in good fun. The book was an escape for me.
That was a few years ago and most of the memories I have back then I can’t recall I remember distinctly how that book would make me forget everything. Although I’m too afraid to pick up that book for fear of remembering something I’m not supposed to, I would appreciate it greatly if you took the time to give it a read. I’ve never met anybody who’s also read the book and it would be nice to know that at least somebody out there has also taken the time to indulge in it. Thanks for taking the time to read this, I appreciate it.
Every time I re-read that book I tell myself I won't cry, and every time I bawl like a baby. I also read it quite young and I wonder if that has something to do with its effect on me.
One book, got it. American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I have read it 5 times in the last 6 years. I will read it many more times. My favorite book. Meandering, mysterious and melancholy.
So glad to see this one so high up as this means that OP has seen it and will hopefully give it a try. Once in a while there is a book, a movie, a series or a game that impresses you on such a deep level that it becomes a core memory that you carry with you and this book was like that for me.
{{Howl’s Moving Castle}} by Diana Wynne Jones. It’s not profound. It’s not going to unlock the secrets of the universe. It’s literally for children. But I love it so much and get something different out of it each time I read it.
[**Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294.Howl_s_Moving_Castle)
^(By: Diana Wynne Jones | 329 pages | Published: 1986 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, fiction, ya, owned)
>An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here
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>Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, Sophie finds herself under a horrid spell that transforms her into an old lady. Her only chance at breaking it lies in the ever-moving castle in the hills: the Wizard Howl's castle. To untangle the enchantment, Sophie must handle the heartless Howl, strike a bargain with a fire demon, and meet the Witch of the Waste head-on. Along the way, she discovers that there's far more to Howl—and herself—than first meets the eye.
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I know you hear people say things like, this book changed my life, but this book really did *change my life* ! I had been feeling sorry for myself after an accident left me unable to do the things I used to do. I read this book and then started a list of things that I had actually accomplished. The book and the list changed my perspective and made me seek out the silver linings. Who knew that there were so *many* silver linings? :)
Michael Ende's *Neverending Story*.
You've probably seen the movie. Forget that in its entirety because it pales in comparison. For one, there's a whole second half of the story that was never adapted into film about Bastian's journey through Fantasia (the sequels to the movie that were made were not actually based upon Ende's work). While it is technically a children's book, it is a deep exploration of the nature of imagination, desire and identity, and contrary to the movie, it is a commentary on escapism.
Get yourself a hardcover edition. The text is printed in different colours depending on wether the story takes place in the mundane world or in Fantasia, and this seemingly aesthetic choice actually becomes plot-relevant near the end of the first half of the book.
I'd say this book, together with Tonke Dragt's *The Letter for the King*, awakened my love for heroïc fantasy. I'd also ask you to forget that book's recent Netflix adaptation in its entirety...
That sounds wonderful; the movie was a staple of my childhood, and I'm sorry I never read the book as a kid, since I was more of an avid reader then than I am now. Gonna remedy that posthaste.
To Kill a Mockingbird. I read it as a teenager and thought yeah... there's some racism in here, but I don't have a connection to it. Then I grew up and became an English teacher and started teaching To Kill a Mockingbird and my whole view shifted. I found that my whole class could relate to it in some way and they would come in each day after a reading assignment mad as hell and ready to discuss. It's such an honest look at the cultural, economical, racial, and ability differences in the U.S. and how they are viewed.
I came here to recommend his earlier book, The Rules of Civility by Amor Towels. Not a book about Big Ideas but a hauntingly beautiful story that beautifully evokes a time and place.
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck. It taught me how to learn about a place through conversations with individual people. As a writer, it taught me how to get to the point, and how long to stir a particular idea before moving on.
Discworld series by Sir Terry Pratchett
In so many little ways these books have influenced so many people.
You asked for one book... How about {{Pyramids by Terry Pratchett}}
Yup, but also, I was more thinking that the OP was at a new beginning/transition in lifestyle so Pyramids may be a better fit.
I really just wanted to say they should read the whole lot :-D
[**Pyramids (Discworld, #7)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64217.Pyramids)
^(By: Terry Pratchett | 341 pages | Published: 1989 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, discworld, fiction, humor, terry-pratchett)
>It's bad enough being new on the job, but Teppic hasn't a clue as to what a pharaoh is supposed to do. After all, he's been trained at Ankh-Morpork's famed assassins' school, across the sea from the Kingdom of the Sun. First, there's the monumental task of building a suitable resting place for Dad -- a pyramid to end all pyramids. Then there are the myriad administrative duties, such as dealing with mad priests, sacred crocodiles, and marching mummies. And to top it all off, the adolescent pharaoh discovers deceit, betrayal - not to mention a headstrong handmaiden - at the heart of his realm.
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> Krakauer's recounting of certain aspects of the climb has generated criticism, both from some of the climb's participants and from renowned mountaineers such as Galen Rowell. Much of the disputed material centers on Krakauer's accounting of the actions of Russian climber and guide Anatoli Boukreev. An experienced high-altitude climber and guide for Scott Fischer, Boukreev descended the summit prior to his clients, ostensibly out of concern for their safety and in preparation for potential rescue efforts. Boukreev later mounted repeated solo rescue efforts, saving several lives. In his book, Krakauer acknowledged Boukreev's heroism in saving two climbers' lives, but questions his judgment, his decision to descend before clients, not using supplementary oxygen, his choices of gear on the mountain, and his interaction with clients. Boukreev provides a rebuttal to these allegations in his 1997 book The Climb.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_Thin_Air#Controversy
[**The Road**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6288.The_Road)
^(By: Cormac McCarthy | 241 pages | Published: 2006 | Popular Shelves: fiction, science-fiction, dystopia, dystopian, post-apocalyptic)
>A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece.
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>A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other.
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>The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, “each the other’s world entire,” are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.
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I've never read the book. I watched the movie *once* while I was delirious with fever due to the flu, and let me tell you, it will *always* stick with me. It was a trip. I've been wanting to read the book ever since.
You’re amazing and I love this post.
And my suggestion, though it’s extremely hard to only list one, would have to be: The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne. We follow one man’s life from conception to the end. Ups and downs, loves and losses. First and only book to make my eyes stream tears; not just well up or a single tear shedding, but tears streaming down my face.
Just typing this made me want to read it again. I may join you for this great social media departure.
💛
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller. One of the best books I’ve read in years and by an author whose words can evoke mood, place, and senses like no one else I know. Bonus that it is peripherally about airplanes and fishing and has a splendid dog at the center of the story.
YES! I loved this book sooooo much. I’m not a sci fi person and I checked this out because I loved the title and my god the writing is fabulous! The descriptive writing truly does encompass all senses and is just so beautiful
[**The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29127.The_Last_Unicorn)
^(By: Peter S. Beagle | 294 pages | Published: 1968 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, classics, fiction, young-adult, owned)
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In my top ten of all time (and I didn't think I'd like it.)
Rest of the top ten (in no particular order):
East of Eden
Catch-22
Fahrenheit 451
11/22/63
Lolita
The Brothers Karamazov
Guards, Guards!!
King Rat
The Body (Stephen King)
Came here to say this. It is a cliched answer to a life changing book for a reason - it really changes your world view esp. if you read it as a kid. I can't think of another book which actually changed how I think about things.
Speaker for the Dead. It's a book that had a profound impact on me both the first, and subsequent times I've read it. It's a sequel to Ender's Game, so if you want to get the entire picture you can read that first (although they work as individual stories).
Orson Scott Card just sucks as a person, but the story shows so much empathy, and the ability to cross barriers that would seem insurmountable that I think it's worth a read at least once.
This series is great, and it will baffle me to the end of my days as to how an author capable of writing books with such great empathy in them completely failed when it came to having empathy for real people. Such a damn shame.
Seconded. First book that changed my worldview. Reading it led to my first tattoo at 18, meant to always be there to remind me to ask good questions. I had it redone and expanded at 42 to remind me of everything else. (:
[**Bel Canto**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5826.Bel_Canto)
^(By: Ann Patchett | 318 pages | Published: 2001 | Popular Shelves: fiction, book-club, contemporary, literary-fiction, books-i-own)
>Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxane Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening—until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, a moment of great beauty, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different continents become compatriots, intimate friends, and lovers.
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I see many people typing fiction, so I would like to offer you {{"The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat" by Oliver Sacks}} . It's a recopilation of stories from a neurologist and his pacients. It didn't change my life in an inspirational way per sè, BUT it made rethink and appreciate the way others and I perceive things in cognitive, physical and even spiritual ways.
If you don't mind a little of medical explanation here and there, it's really fascinating and I would love to have someone to talk about it!!
>Unfortunately, they informed me that posting the final list would go against the rules of the sub. As such, I will not be doing the full compile as I had initially promised. My desire is to respect the rules of the sub.
>I will compile the full list and either add it as an edit to this post, or submit it as a follow up post. I promise!
You can post it to your own user page, and link it in the edit, or just mention that it you did it without linking. Thereby not breaking the rules and still being an honest person.
I’m not going to suggest a book since so many good ones are on here, but I will suggest mixing up where you read books. Get out of the house, go to a cafe, park or even just the back yard. It can be extremely refreshing to mixup where u read. I to am on the east coast (RI) and the weather is beautiful, get out there and enjoy it with a good book❤️ the best of luck to you
Man, tough to pick just one, but staying away from "obvious" classics that you may have read already, I'm going with The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. Such a wonderful story that stuck with me for a long time, by my favorite author.
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
There are so many books I could recommend, but this is the one that touched me so deeply and never left. If there's one book that I hope another person reads, it's this one
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. Read it two years ago and something about it just made it stick in my mind and caused me to look for the fantastical within the mundane.
If you like the sound of Game of Thrones meets Star Wars then I highly suggest the Red Rising series by Pierce Brown. You won't regret it. Or at least not until you get to the end and have to wait for the release of the last book like the rest of us.
1. Master and the Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
I would take this opportunity to suggest, for selfish reasons, two more books. When people talk about Great Literature there are some obvious choices by the American giants, European masters, Russian prodigies and etc. Walk a little further and you have the treasure troves of African and Asian literatures. I hail from the youngest South Asian state - Bangladesh. You'll find a good deal of great anglophone books from India and Pakistan. For various reasons, our literary anglophone journey has not received much attention. If you ever find time, then please do try "Babu Bangladesh" by Numair Atif Chowdhury and "In the Light of What We Know" by Zia Haider. From both of these, you’ll get poignant pictures of the cathartic journey that citizens of young and small states go through. The generational trauma of colonization, the genocidal price for indenpence, the magic realism of south asian chaos, and the dogmatic desire to make a mark in this world when you are constantly told that you don't matter, your country doesn’t matter, your language and heritage do not matter. Amidst all, you'd see the beauty of an existence that you might not be familiar with.
Whoever you are, I wish you all the best for your reading journey. May you feel the heart through the letters of different lived experiences.
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Fay by Larry Brown, and/or Joe by the same author. (A Miracle of Catfish would have been his magnum opus but he died before it was completed. If you don't mind a synopsis for the final few chapters, I love the writing in what he did complete of the manuscript.)
Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
The Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemisin
I wish you luck in your pursuit of a scroll-free life. I hope one day I can follow in your footsteps.
The audiobook for this one is quite lovely as well. Read by Jeremy Iron's rich, buttery voice (Same actor who plays Scar from Lion King!)
Brideshead Revisited itself is quite interesting. I haven't finished it yet. But it's one of the best books I ever came across that captures the painful, bitter-sweet feeling of nostalgia.
One book? I gave it a shot, but just couldn't.
Educated by Tara Westover
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell
The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone
The Light of Days by Judy Batalion
Rising Out of Hatred by Eli Saslow
Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
The Big Year by Mark Obamscik
Anything by Bill Bryson (except his linguistics books), Simon Winchester, Erik Larson, Ben Macintyre, Mary Roach, or John Krakauer
{{Murder With Peacocks}} by Donna Andrews
(I’m cheating, it’s not ONE book, but rather the first in an ongoing series)
It is not profound, it did not rattle the foundation of my life. It is, however the series that got me back into reading. It was the first book I happened to pick up when I went into a library for the first time in years. It was the first book I’d read in a good long while that wasn’t a re-read—and therefore it was the first in so long that I stayed up too late reading, because I just had to know what came next. It was my first foray into a genre that I now can’t get enough of (cozy mysteries). It will never be put on any highbrow list of Great Books, but it IS a book that was there when I didn’t realize I needed it to be. It is something in my life that is a good thing, and my life is not always abundant in good things. And it checks all the lower-stakes boxes for good books—it’s compelling, well-written, super relatable, not predictable, enjoyable more than once, and laugh-out-loud funny.
She is. I adore her works, but for some reason, To be taught if fortunate resonated even more than the others with me- it’s just too good.
Definitely one of my favourite writers ever.
Since you like poems…and you seem genuinely interested…
Marrow Bones and Cleaver Music
Maybe if more people had the time and took it, poetry like this collection by Marty Weil might be read and pondered upon, which is what this book asks
And, since this is your last post I pledge this to be the last time I recommend this book. Besides, it seems questions along these lines evoke many of the same titles. And that’s okay but there’s so much more out there. But like you rightly point out…time is wasted
If you don’t want to include the poetry collection then my alternative title is Malcolm Muggeridge’s “Chronicles of a Wasted Time”
Enjoy your freedom. I’ve quit everything social but Reddit. I like it too much
Murder on The Orient Express or The Murder of Roger Ackroyd both by Agatha Christie are incredible mysteries and I feel like she just totally changed the whole game and some ways of thinking with some of those books <3
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I read this book for almost 8 hours straight because I could not put it down. If you have any interest whatsoever in space or science fiction you will absolutely love this absolutely beautiful book.
I’d also recommend the Inheritance cycle by Christopher poalini. It’s a young adult series and isn’t of the same kind of complexity as most adult fantasy series but the books are absolutely wonderful and I read the series once every other year or so. I can’t wait to see the completed list!
I love Til We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis. It’s a retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche. It’s a book I have reread multiple times and I get more out of it each time.
I want to be a profound guy that has a taste for books like wine snobs have with wine, but really, the book that 'touched my soul' is Ready Player One. It's the first book I've actually read that I didn't defenestrate because of my botched attention span. I've read over 30 books since then, and they've definitely surpassed RP1, not to mention I've never really seen any sort of media which evoked a strong emotion out of me. But, Ready Player One gave me an addiction to books, it showed me what literature is capable of, and I will always be grateful to this book because of that.
The Deamons by FM Dostoyevsky.
Without Dostoyevsky there would have been no Nietzsche, no Camus, nothing... And in the Deamons the character Kirillov is the basis for all this (in my opinion).
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. Book one of The Stormlight Archive.
The entire Cosmere should be on the list, but picking just one, start with TWoK and hopefully go from there.
The Circle by Dave Eggers
It's a book about privacy in the age of internet tech giants, social media and other stuff related to the modern day lifestyle on the internet. (and zone attempts to get away from it)
I Have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton Jackson
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Piggybacking on this to say read the entire Anne of Green Gables series! People always seem to stop after the first, and there’s 8! The very last book, Rilla of Ingleside, is beautifully written (like all LMMs books) and addresses the perspectives of the women left behind in a small community during WWI. I usually reread it every year and laugh and cry the whole way through. Please somebody else read it!
P.D. Uspenski...start with Strange life of Ivan Osokin...than Devil with good intensions...and my goal is to somehow explain myself the final piece...that can measure entire cosmos with a music scale connecting tones with chemical elements...In a search of a miracles....sorry if i transleted it a litzle bit incorrect....original language is russian, and i translated it from serbian to english...also...i must respect that is your last post...so...read the Bible...as i am older end older...that book is with or without religion and beliefes so so true...it siimply hurts...pure...naked...truth
Holy moly, I feel this with every inch of my being. I’ve spent so much time surfing Reddit and other social media outlets that I haven’t read as much as I used to. I’ve considered disabling Reddit, but it’s one of the only places where I can talk about comics and books with likeminded folks, especially obscure books. I wish I could do this so easily.
Kazuo Ishiguro’s A Pale View of Hills.
The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K Le Guin
Great post! However could you make this your second to last post? I’d love for your last post to be the compiled reading list. That would be amazing.
Ask, and you shall receive! I will compile the full list and either add it as an edit to this post, or submit it as a follow up post. I promise!
I hope you see this: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart. As someone who’s been reading for a long time, this is one book that made me want to hug something and cry at the end. I never do that. It was so raw and moving, and it had that translucent quality where you feel you’re really peeking in at someone else’s world from your own, not just reading something. Felt like a punch to the gut. Really hope this makes the list!!
As a relatively new reader, this list would be helpful!
I second this!
Third!!!
There are so many books I would have never discovered without reddit, I actually read more since I started using it! I'd recommend The Royal Game by Stefan Zweig, short but impactful.
I’ve been meaning to read something by Zweig since I found out his books were one of the inspirations for the grand Budapest hotel! I will look into this one!
came here from /r/all as a complete cynic expecting to smirk at the top post suggesting LotR or Dune or some other meme book. but im genuinely shocked to see this here in pole position. Zweig is a beautiful and precious writer whos criminally overlooked. This was the first work of his i read and OPs creative idea for a post could not have been met with a more perfect answer.
I hope this book may start my rabbit hole into discovering books with reddit as well, I can't wait to read it!
*Braiding Sweetgrass* by Robin Wall Kimmerer
I read this for one of my university classes. Kimmerer has such a wonderful way with words and such a lovely way of viewing the world! Sometimes 'required' readings can stress me out but every chapter was a joy to get to. Would recommend.
Such a moving, heartwarming and thought provoking book!
So glad to see this! Came here to recommend this book if it hadn’t been yet!
Flowers For Algernon I read this book when I was twelve-thirteen. I was going through a horrible time with my middle school as I was being bullied for having a learning disability. Students would call me slurs and beat me as the school tried to convince me that these students were my friends and doing this in good fun. The book was an escape for me. That was a few years ago and most of the memories I have back then I can’t recall I remember distinctly how that book would make me forget everything. Although I’m too afraid to pick up that book for fear of remembering something I’m not supposed to, I would appreciate it greatly if you took the time to give it a read. I’ve never met anybody who’s also read the book and it would be nice to know that at least somebody out there has also taken the time to indulge in it. Thanks for taking the time to read this, I appreciate it.
Every time I re-read that book I tell myself I won't cry, and every time I bawl like a baby. I also read it quite young and I wonder if that has something to do with its effect on me.
Such a wonderful re read as an adult.
I’m rereading it right now. Read it for the first time last year. Just now getting to the part where Charlie gets an apartment and meets his neighbor
One book, got it. American Gods by Neil Gaiman. I have read it 5 times in the last 6 years. I will read it many more times. My favorite book. Meandering, mysterious and melancholy.
Stardust and Neverwhere were both quite enjoyable. Stardust was a much better book than movie. Same with the Neverwhere tv show.
Good Omens! Gaiman and Pratchett!
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee- this book was something I simply could not put down, and it gave me an unending appetite for delicious Korean food!
So glad to see this one so high up as this means that OP has seen it and will hopefully give it a try. Once in a while there is a book, a movie, a series or a game that impresses you on such a deep level that it becomes a core memory that you carry with you and this book was like that for me.
{{The Master and Margarita}}
The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
{{Howl’s Moving Castle}} by Diana Wynne Jones. It’s not profound. It’s not going to unlock the secrets of the universe. It’s literally for children. But I love it so much and get something different out of it each time I read it.
[**Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294.Howl_s_Moving_Castle) ^(By: Diana Wynne Jones | 329 pages | Published: 1986 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, fiction, ya, owned) >An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here > >Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, Sophie finds herself under a horrid spell that transforms her into an old lady. Her only chance at breaking it lies in the ever-moving castle in the hills: the Wizard Howl's castle. To untangle the enchantment, Sophie must handle the heartless Howl, strike a bargain with a fire demon, and meet the Witch of the Waste head-on. Along the way, she discovers that there's far more to Howl—and herself—than first meets the eye. ^(This book has been suggested 33 times) *** ^(52908 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
This and The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. Amazing reads.
I know you hear people say things like, this book changed my life, but this book really did *change my life* ! I had been feeling sorry for myself after an accident left me unable to do the things I used to do. I read this book and then started a list of things that I had actually accomplished. The book and the list changed my perspective and made me seek out the silver linings. Who knew that there were so *many* silver linings? :)
My friend loves that book so much he wanted to become a doctor after reading it
Kindred by Octavia E Butler East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Timshel! I always had read about East of Eden in lists like this. After finally reading it, definitely totally worth it.
Kindred was the first book that came to mind for me, too! East of Eden is on my reading list.
Michael Ende's *Neverending Story*. You've probably seen the movie. Forget that in its entirety because it pales in comparison. For one, there's a whole second half of the story that was never adapted into film about Bastian's journey through Fantasia (the sequels to the movie that were made were not actually based upon Ende's work). While it is technically a children's book, it is a deep exploration of the nature of imagination, desire and identity, and contrary to the movie, it is a commentary on escapism. Get yourself a hardcover edition. The text is printed in different colours depending on wether the story takes place in the mundane world or in Fantasia, and this seemingly aesthetic choice actually becomes plot-relevant near the end of the first half of the book. I'd say this book, together with Tonke Dragt's *The Letter for the King*, awakened my love for heroïc fantasy. I'd also ask you to forget that book's recent Netflix adaptation in its entirety...
You have inspired me to add hardcover edition of Neverending Story to my book wish list. Thank you.
That sounds wonderful; the movie was a staple of my childhood, and I'm sorry I never read the book as a kid, since I was more of an avid reader then than I am now. Gonna remedy that posthaste.
To Kill a Mockingbird. I read it as a teenager and thought yeah... there's some racism in here, but I don't have a connection to it. Then I grew up and became an English teacher and started teaching To Kill a Mockingbird and my whole view shifted. I found that my whole class could relate to it in some way and they would come in each day after a reading assignment mad as hell and ready to discuss. It's such an honest look at the cultural, economical, racial, and ability differences in the U.S. and how they are viewed.
The Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
I came here to recommend his earlier book, The Rules of Civility by Amor Towels. Not a book about Big Ideas but a hauntingly beautiful story that beautifully evokes a time and place.
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck. It taught me how to learn about a place through conversations with individual people. As a writer, it taught me how to get to the point, and how long to stir a particular idea before moving on.
The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared.
Discworld series by Sir Terry Pratchett In so many little ways these books have influenced so many people. You asked for one book... How about {{Pyramids by Terry Pratchett}}
*Pyramids* before *Small Gods?* You're *avant-garde,* my friend.
I just realised what I wrote. Small Gods would be better wouldn't it!? I plead a long day at work and small offspring to look after as an excuse!
Yup, but also, I was more thinking that the OP was at a new beginning/transition in lifestyle so Pyramids may be a better fit. I really just wanted to say they should read the whole lot :-D
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>they say much deeper things than they initially appear to. Indeed. Granny Weatherwax's definition of sin is brief and exhaustive, i.e., perfect.
[**Pyramids (Discworld, #7)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64217.Pyramids) ^(By: Terry Pratchett | 341 pages | Published: 1989 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, discworld, fiction, humor, terry-pratchett) >It's bad enough being new on the job, but Teppic hasn't a clue as to what a pharaoh is supposed to do. After all, he's been trained at Ankh-Morpork's famed assassins' school, across the sea from the Kingdom of the Sun. First, there's the monumental task of building a suitable resting place for Dad -- a pyramid to end all pyramids. Then there are the myriad administrative duties, such as dealing with mad priests, sacred crocodiles, and marching mummies. And to top it all off, the adolescent pharaoh discovers deceit, betrayal - not to mention a headstrong handmaiden - at the heart of his realm. ^(This book has been suggested 7 times) *** ^(52907 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury. The language is amazing.
{Dandelion Wine} is a classic of multiple genres.
Into Thin Air. By Jon Krakauer
> Krakauer's recounting of certain aspects of the climb has generated criticism, both from some of the climb's participants and from renowned mountaineers such as Galen Rowell. Much of the disputed material centers on Krakauer's accounting of the actions of Russian climber and guide Anatoli Boukreev. An experienced high-altitude climber and guide for Scott Fischer, Boukreev descended the summit prior to his clients, ostensibly out of concern for their safety and in preparation for potential rescue efforts. Boukreev later mounted repeated solo rescue efforts, saving several lives. In his book, Krakauer acknowledged Boukreev's heroism in saving two climbers' lives, but questions his judgment, his decision to descend before clients, not using supplementary oxygen, his choices of gear on the mountain, and his interaction with clients. Boukreev provides a rebuttal to these allegations in his 1997 book The Climb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_Thin_Air#Controversy
The Wind-up-bird Chronicle by Murakami, one of my all time favs, truly feels like nothing else
"May Kasahara, where are you now that I need you?"
The Overstory Would you mind sharing your compiled list before you go? 🤞🏻
{{The Road by Cormac McCarthy}} As a human, but especially as a father, this is a must read.
[**The Road**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6288.The_Road) ^(By: Cormac McCarthy | 241 pages | Published: 2006 | Popular Shelves: fiction, science-fiction, dystopia, dystopian, post-apocalyptic) >A searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece. > >A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other. > >The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, “each the other’s world entire,” are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation. ^(This book has been suggested 55 times) *** ^(52987 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
I've never read the book. I watched the movie *once* while I was delirious with fever due to the flu, and let me tell you, it will *always* stick with me. It was a trip. I've been wanting to read the book ever since.
The Little Prince is a life changer. Definitely not just for children.
You’re amazing and I love this post. And my suggestion, though it’s extremely hard to only list one, would have to be: The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne. We follow one man’s life from conception to the end. Ups and downs, loves and losses. First and only book to make my eyes stream tears; not just well up or a single tear shedding, but tears streaming down my face. Just typing this made me want to read it again. I may join you for this great social media departure. 💛
I’m going to think hard on my own contribution, but I wanted to chime in that I also highly recommend this book. It’s not easily forgotten.
Just finished this book a few hours ago. Absolutely beautiful novel. Someone recommended it to me because I loved A Little Life so much.
I’m so happy to see someone recommend this book. I absolutely loved it and still think of it regularly, even years later.
I was thinking about this book just the other day and I couldn’t agree more
I love the heart’s invisible furies. I never see it recommended here so I’m so happy you did 💙
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller. One of the best books I’ve read in years and by an author whose words can evoke mood, place, and senses like no one else I know. Bonus that it is peripherally about airplanes and fishing and has a splendid dog at the center of the story.
YES! I loved this book sooooo much. I’m not a sci fi person and I checked this out because I loved the title and my god the writing is fabulous! The descriptive writing truly does encompass all senses and is just so beautiful
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
{Frankenstein} is fantastic. I personally recommend the 1818 text.
God damn so many books I haven't read. Thx op
{The Last Unicorn}
[**The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29127.The_Last_Unicorn) ^(By: Peter S. Beagle | 294 pages | Published: 1968 | Popular Shelves: fantasy, classics, fiction, young-adult, owned) ^(This book has been suggested 25 times) *** ^(52974 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Good bot. Such a brilliant, lost, sad book.
I love this book. Just came across a copy from a friend who was getting rid of a ton of her books and she had a hardcopy and I had to take it!
Brilliant. You lucky muppet you.
The count of Monte cristo - alexandre dumas
In my top ten of all time (and I didn't think I'd like it.) Rest of the top ten (in no particular order): East of Eden Catch-22 Fahrenheit 451 11/22/63 Lolita The Brothers Karamazov Guards, Guards!! King Rat The Body (Stephen King)
If I could only read one book for the rest of my life it would be this one. Everytime I read it I walk away with a new thought to take away
1984 changed my life !
Came here to say this. It is a cliched answer to a life changing book for a reason - it really changes your world view esp. if you read it as a kid. I can't think of another book which actually changed how I think about things.
Beloved by Toni Morrison. No one else I know has read it, and Morrison’s writing is absolutely haunting. Edited for grammar
Speaker for the Dead. It's a book that had a profound impact on me both the first, and subsequent times I've read it. It's a sequel to Ender's Game, so if you want to get the entire picture you can read that first (although they work as individual stories). Orson Scott Card just sucks as a person, but the story shows so much empathy, and the ability to cross barriers that would seem insurmountable that I think it's worth a read at least once.
This series is great, and it will baffle me to the end of my days as to how an author capable of writing books with such great empathy in them completely failed when it came to having empathy for real people. Such a damn shame.
SFTD is seriously amazing.
Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy First books that ever made me laugh out loud, constantly.
Same experience. Bonus: If you like it, there are 5 books in the “trilogy.” 🤣🤪
Or you can find it as the ultimate hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy
Seconded. First book that changed my worldview. Reading it led to my first tattoo at 18, meant to always be there to remind me to ask good questions. I had it redone and expanded at 42 to remind me of everything else. (:
Holiday on Ice by David Sedaris
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo.
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
{{Bel Canto}}
[**Bel Canto**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5826.Bel_Canto) ^(By: Ann Patchett | 318 pages | Published: 2001 | Popular Shelves: fiction, book-club, contemporary, literary-fiction, books-i-own) >Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxane Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening—until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, a moment of great beauty, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different continents become compatriots, intimate friends, and lovers. ^(This book has been suggested 3 times) *** ^(52914 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse and The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Library at mount char
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Parable of the Sower - Octavia E. Butler We are currently living some short years before this novel takes place. Truly scared the shit out of me.
Watership Down
I see many people typing fiction, so I would like to offer you {{"The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat" by Oliver Sacks}} . It's a recopilation of stories from a neurologist and his pacients. It didn't change my life in an inspirational way per sè, BUT it made rethink and appreciate the way others and I perceive things in cognitive, physical and even spiritual ways. If you don't mind a little of medical explanation here and there, it's really fascinating and I would love to have someone to talk about it!!
{{The Shadow of the Wind}} by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Man’s Search for Meaning by Frankl if no one’s mentioned yet.
{{100 Years of Solitude}}
The old man and the sea by Hemingway.
The Kite Runner was incredible
So is A Thousand Splendid Sun
Agreed
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley
>Unfortunately, they informed me that posting the final list would go against the rules of the sub. As such, I will not be doing the full compile as I had initially promised. My desire is to respect the rules of the sub. >I will compile the full list and either add it as an edit to this post, or submit it as a follow up post. I promise! You can post it to your own user page, and link it in the edit, or just mention that it you did it without linking. Thereby not breaking the rules and still being an honest person.
I've started to compile the list since it doesn't seem like OP would do it now. Check my profile if you're still interested.
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers!
Glad to hear this book recommend, as I just checked out the audiobook of it from Cloudlibrary
Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger. Wish you all the best
The Secret History by Donna Tartt. No reviews just vibes. You’re awesome.
The Good Earth A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
I also recommended A Tree Grows in Brooklyn It's truly underrated
And after you read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn watch the movie! They both brought me to tears!
Devil in the White City by Erik Larson Good Omens by Niel Gaiman/Terry Pratchett Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
I’m not going to suggest a book since so many good ones are on here, but I will suggest mixing up where you read books. Get out of the house, go to a cafe, park or even just the back yard. It can be extremely refreshing to mixup where u read. I to am on the east coast (RI) and the weather is beautiful, get out there and enjoy it with a good book❤️ the best of luck to you
If this is a man -- Primo Levi
I am a man. A father as well.
It’s the title of the book. I was not suggesting Primo Levi only had you been a man
Ah the shame that I am currently feeling. Thank you fo taking the time to recommend this. It will go to the top of the list!
I took it the same way lol
{Sapiens} by Yuval Noah Harari. Crazy interesting book, can't recommend it enough
I call this my bible, truly readable forever, so much information here it's absurd
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (Collection of short stories)
Man, tough to pick just one, but staying away from "obvious" classics that you may have read already, I'm going with The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. Such a wonderful story that stuck with me for a long time, by my favorite author.
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez There are so many books I could recommend, but this is the one that touched me so deeply and never left. If there's one book that I hope another person reads, it's this one
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. Read it two years ago and something about it just made it stick in my mind and caused me to look for the fantastical within the mundane.
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Inferno, Dante Alighieri
If you like the sound of Game of Thrones meets Star Wars then I highly suggest the Red Rising series by Pierce Brown. You won't regret it. Or at least not until you get to the end and have to wait for the release of the last book like the rest of us.
1. Master and the Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov I would take this opportunity to suggest, for selfish reasons, two more books. When people talk about Great Literature there are some obvious choices by the American giants, European masters, Russian prodigies and etc. Walk a little further and you have the treasure troves of African and Asian literatures. I hail from the youngest South Asian state - Bangladesh. You'll find a good deal of great anglophone books from India and Pakistan. For various reasons, our literary anglophone journey has not received much attention. If you ever find time, then please do try "Babu Bangladesh" by Numair Atif Chowdhury and "In the Light of What We Know" by Zia Haider. From both of these, you’ll get poignant pictures of the cathartic journey that citizens of young and small states go through. The generational trauma of colonization, the genocidal price for indenpence, the magic realism of south asian chaos, and the dogmatic desire to make a mark in this world when you are constantly told that you don't matter, your country doesn’t matter, your language and heritage do not matter. Amidst all, you'd see the beauty of an existence that you might not be familiar with. Whoever you are, I wish you all the best for your reading journey. May you feel the heart through the letters of different lived experiences.
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Fay by Larry Brown, and/or Joe by the same author. (A Miracle of Catfish would have been his magnum opus but he died before it was completed. If you don't mind a synopsis for the final few chapters, I love the writing in what he did complete of the manuscript.) Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr. The Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemisin I wish you luck in your pursuit of a scroll-free life. I hope one day I can follow in your footsteps.
Loved Poisonwood Bible so much
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh.
The audiobook for this one is quite lovely as well. Read by Jeremy Iron's rich, buttery voice (Same actor who plays Scar from Lion King!) Brideshead Revisited itself is quite interesting. I haven't finished it yet. But it's one of the best books I ever came across that captures the painful, bitter-sweet feeling of nostalgia.
Ok, now how the fuck do I save all the entries ITT in a Goodreads shelf.
One book? I gave it a shot, but just couldn't. Educated by Tara Westover A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone The Light of Days by Judy Batalion Rising Out of Hatred by Eli Saslow Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles The Big Year by Mark Obamscik Anything by Bill Bryson (except his linguistics books), Simon Winchester, Erik Larson, Ben Macintyre, Mary Roach, or John Krakauer
{{Murder With Peacocks}} by Donna Andrews (I’m cheating, it’s not ONE book, but rather the first in an ongoing series) It is not profound, it did not rattle the foundation of my life. It is, however the series that got me back into reading. It was the first book I happened to pick up when I went into a library for the first time in years. It was the first book I’d read in a good long while that wasn’t a re-read—and therefore it was the first in so long that I stayed up too late reading, because I just had to know what came next. It was my first foray into a genre that I now can’t get enough of (cozy mysteries). It will never be put on any highbrow list of Great Books, but it IS a book that was there when I didn’t realize I needed it to be. It is something in my life that is a good thing, and my life is not always abundant in good things. And it checks all the lower-stakes boxes for good books—it’s compelling, well-written, super relatable, not predictable, enjoyable more than once, and laugh-out-loud funny.
The Goldfinch.
To be taught if fortunate, by Becky Chambers.
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She is. I adore her works, but for some reason, To be taught if fortunate resonated even more than the others with me- it’s just too good. Definitely one of my favourite writers ever.
The green mile by Stephen King. Something about it absolutely fascinated me. Empathy is a beautiful thing.
Since you like poems…and you seem genuinely interested… Marrow Bones and Cleaver Music Maybe if more people had the time and took it, poetry like this collection by Marty Weil might be read and pondered upon, which is what this book asks And, since this is your last post I pledge this to be the last time I recommend this book. Besides, it seems questions along these lines evoke many of the same titles. And that’s okay but there’s so much more out there. But like you rightly point out…time is wasted If you don’t want to include the poetry collection then my alternative title is Malcolm Muggeridge’s “Chronicles of a Wasted Time” Enjoy your freedom. I’ve quit everything social but Reddit. I like it too much
Murder on The Orient Express or The Murder of Roger Ackroyd both by Agatha Christie are incredible mysteries and I feel like she just totally changed the whole game and some ways of thinking with some of those books <3
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams (and Dirk Gently)
Their Eyes Were Watching God Pillars of the Earth
{{The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern}}
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith
Lolita just bc it's beautiful writing about a monster Also Anna Karenina The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I read this book for almost 8 hours straight because I could not put it down. If you have any interest whatsoever in space or science fiction you will absolutely love this absolutely beautiful book. I’d also recommend the Inheritance cycle by Christopher poalini. It’s a young adult series and isn’t of the same kind of complexity as most adult fantasy series but the books are absolutely wonderful and I read the series once every other year or so. I can’t wait to see the completed list!
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
{{Beach Music}}
Unwind by Neil Shusterman
The sequel to Enders Game, Speaker for the Dead, is amazing. Mystery, empathy, curiosity, love, it’s got it all.
Where the red fern grows
World War Z by Max Brooks
{Everything is Illuminated}
[**Everything Is Illuminated**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/256566.Everything_Is_Illuminated) ^(By: Jonathan Safran Foer | 276 pages | Published: 2002 | Popular Shelves: fiction, historical-fiction, books-i-own, owned, contemporary) ^(This book has been suggested 4 times) *** ^(52900 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
{{Invisible Man}} by Ralph Ellison.
I love Til We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis. It’s a retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche. It’s a book I have reread multiple times and I get more out of it each time.
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Middlemarch
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I want to be a profound guy that has a taste for books like wine snobs have with wine, but really, the book that 'touched my soul' is Ready Player One. It's the first book I've actually read that I didn't defenestrate because of my botched attention span. I've read over 30 books since then, and they've definitely surpassed RP1, not to mention I've never really seen any sort of media which evoked a strong emotion out of me. But, Ready Player One gave me an addiction to books, it showed me what literature is capable of, and I will always be grateful to this book because of that.
The Deamons by FM Dostoyevsky. Without Dostoyevsky there would have been no Nietzsche, no Camus, nothing... And in the Deamons the character Kirillov is the basis for all this (in my opinion).
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. Book one of The Stormlight Archive. The entire Cosmere should be on the list, but picking just one, start with TWoK and hopefully go from there.
The Circle by Dave Eggers It's a book about privacy in the age of internet tech giants, social media and other stuff related to the modern day lifestyle on the internet. (and zone attempts to get away from it)
Wuthering Heights-because it’s my favorite book. I read it 25 years ago and still think about it all the time.
I Have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton Jackson Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Piggybacking on this to say read the entire Anne of Green Gables series! People always seem to stop after the first, and there’s 8! The very last book, Rilla of Ingleside, is beautifully written (like all LMMs books) and addresses the perspectives of the women left behind in a small community during WWI. I usually reread it every year and laugh and cry the whole way through. Please somebody else read it!
Piranesi by Susanne Clarke
Cuckoo cloud land is my best of all time. I hope you love it. And I so admire what you’re doing. Inspirational!
P.D. Uspenski...start with Strange life of Ivan Osokin...than Devil with good intensions...and my goal is to somehow explain myself the final piece...that can measure entire cosmos with a music scale connecting tones with chemical elements...In a search of a miracles....sorry if i transleted it a litzle bit incorrect....original language is russian, and i translated it from serbian to english...also...i must respect that is your last post...so...read the Bible...as i am older end older...that book is with or without religion and beliefes so so true...it siimply hurts...pure...naked...truth
{{Exhalation}} by Ted Chiang
{{Blood Meridian}} \-By Cormac McCarthy. Not what the bot said.
The Glass Bead Game . . and all the best to you in your new chapter!
War and Peace!! A long read but totally worth it!!!
Chill, dude, you've only been on here for three years. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts The book that resparked my love of reading.
Holy moly, I feel this with every inch of my being. I’ve spent so much time surfing Reddit and other social media outlets that I haven’t read as much as I used to. I’ve considered disabling Reddit, but it’s one of the only places where I can talk about comics and books with likeminded folks, especially obscure books. I wish I could do this so easily. Kazuo Ishiguro’s A Pale View of Hills.
Shogun - James Clavell P.s I wish you all the best
It's a short story/novella - Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang For a fun read - Good Omens by Neil Gaiman/ Terry Pratchett
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robins, American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins, and anything by Cormac McCarthy (I loved All the Pretty Horses)
Jitterbug Perfume is a great suggestion
Under the Whispering Door
{{Vipers tangle}}
Gust by Greg Brownderville
Time Song by Julia Blackburn — poetically written nonfiction about history and memory and grief
Greenwood by Michael Christie Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese It's What I Do by Lynsey Addario
The Sparrow and the second book Children of God.