So, I watched the two-part mini-series the other night (I really love Charles Dance as an actor) and it pissed me off. I’m worried I’ll throw the book at the wall if I read it.
Masterpiece Classic (you have to pay for the “station” through Amazon Prime or possibly through PBS—I don’t have cable, just my Roku). I must go find the original now!
Michelle Scott It may be difficult to find. I checked it out from the library several years ago. I’m not sure they still have it. It followed pretty close to the book. The housekeeper in the story who worshipped Rebecca was so terrifying! The movie competed with Gone With the Wind. It was thought to lose because of panorama of Gone With the Wind which was in color, and Rebecca wasn’t as most movies weren’t. I would certainly recommend to Rebecca to you. I have never talked to anyone who read it that didn’t like. I have read it so many times it is a part of me. I read it again recently snd still got caught up in it. It in sweeps you into a world that seems more real that the one you’re living in.
Thank You, even the most hardened atheist should read the most read book of all time. (No I am not saying you are atheist I dont know you). The most conservative people in the world should read the most liberal works of all time if one is to be educated, and the most liberal people in the world should read the most conservative books of all time, IF they are to be educated. Education is not a one party exercise.
Having to give this too much thought. I actually think I am going to go with The Bible as well. It’s not so much that I am highly religious, but I feel it always provides the right commentary for my needs at the time.
Genetics and the origin of species , incredibly inspiring book by Theodosius Dobzhansky , he is famous for quote “Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution”
@Lynn it’s one of those books I’ve purchased and given away multiple times. I’m slowly adding those titles back to my personal library and am overdue for another read of The Magus!
Oswald Chambers “My Utmost for His Highest” a year-long devotional. My 25th year this year. I learn something new about God from this book every single day.
it ends with us Colleen Hoover
enjoy your life dr alarifi
hands down, the Holy Bible
A dictionary
To Kill A Mockingbird
A second this. I re-read every few years and take something new away every time.
My Bible.
The Harry Potter series.
Dune
This would’ve my repeat read too.
Harry Potter
Kushiel Legacy by Jacqueline Carey.
My answer is always the same. Rebecca? I was glad to see it on a list of 50 Books to Read before You Die!
So, I watched the two-part mini-series the other night (I really love Charles Dance as an actor) and it pissed me off. I’m worried I’ll throw the book at the wall if I read it.
@Michelle
I’ve seen the original move from 1939 I believe. I didn’t know about the mini series. What is it on?
Masterpiece Classic (you have to pay for the “station” through Amazon Prime or possibly through PBS—I don’t have cable, just my Roku). I must go find the original now!
Michelle Scott
It may be difficult to find. I checked it out from the library several years ago. I’m not sure they still have it. It followed pretty close to the book. The housekeeper in the story who worshipped Rebecca was so terrifying! The movie competed with Gone With the Wind. It was thought to lose because of panorama of Gone With the Wind which was in color, and Rebecca wasn’t as most movies weren’t. I would certainly recommend to Rebecca to you. I have never talked to anyone who read it that didn’t like. I have read it so many times it is a part of me. I read it again recently snd still got caught up in it. It in sweeps you into a world that seems more real that the one you’re living in.
I’ve never done that… maybe a Dr. Seus book.
The Knife of Never Letting Go
Great series!
The Bell Jar
Good call..
The Once and Future King
1984..
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
If it is a riddle the answer is the phone book
What is a phone book. ?
@Ann you must be very young ?
Wait Ann, did you give your response in Jeopardy style?
The name of the rose ?
The Canning season !!
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Harry Potter
The first Era Mistborn Trilogy. Every small detail will take a whole new meaning after the first read.
David Copperfield, Trout Fishing in America
Vanity Fair
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Love this book! Can’t wait until my daughter is old enough to share it with her. (Then again, she’s growing up so fast, maybe I can…)
It’s one of my favorites. No matter how old I am when I read it I get something new out of it.
The most read book of all time, and not even close, The Bible
Hmmm… hard to top that.
Thank You, even the most hardened atheist should read the most read book of all time. (No I am not saying you are atheist I dont know you). The most conservative people in the world should read the most liberal works of all time if one is to be educated, and the most liberal people in the world should read the most conservative books of all time, IF they are to be educated. Education is not a one party exercise.
@Michael Amen!
I have read “The Thorn Birds in each decade of my life from teens to my now 50’s. Related totally different each time.
One of the best books I have read
Invitation to a Beheading
Only read it once, so far… did I ever give that back to you? ?
@Vanessa I bought another copy so you could keep it. I can’t find a replacement for We Have Always Lived in the Castle though ?
Good question!
The Little Prince
Jane Eyre.
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
A one volume edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare. ??
The Wuthering Heights
Bill Bryson- a brief history of everything
100 years of solitude, invisible cities, Alice in Wonderland
“ABYSS.”
The Color Purple – Alice Walker
Love it
Hands down the best I have ever read!
@Jennifer what makes you like it so much.
@Colinda it breaks my heart every time I read it but her strength inspires me. I love every Alice Walker I’ve read.
@Jennifer did you read The Temple of My Familiar
@Colinda it’s in my pile! Possessing the Secret of Joy was amazing too.
Any of the Eve Duncan books by Iris Johansen. She is one of my favorite authors.
Atlas shrugged by Ann Rand. Gone with the wind
the bible
Having to give this too much thought. I actually think I am going to go with The Bible as well. It’s not so much that I am highly religious, but I feel it always provides the right commentary for my needs at the time.
The Bible is anything but religious. Religions are cereal, all used at one time, breakfast. The Bible is Spiritual, and is anything but religious.
Basically all of Brandon Sanderson’s books
48 Laws Of Power
My favorite!
The Stand … I have read it about 4 times at different times in my life … love this book!
The Millionaire Next Door
My old diaries.
The Greatest Salesmen in the World
Genetics and the origin of species , incredibly inspiring book by Theodosius Dobzhansky , he is famous for quote “Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution”
The Great Gatsby.
The Magus by John Fowles
I remember being absolutely enthralled by that book, but I can’t remember a thing about it. Perhaps I should follow your example!
@Lynn it’s one of those books I’ve purchased and given away multiple times. I’m slowly adding those titles back to my personal library and am overdue for another read of The Magus!
Oswald Chambers
“My Utmost for His Highest” a year-long devotional. My 25th year this year. I learn something new about God from this book every single day.
Anything by CS Lewis- even Chronicles of Narnia! And anything by NT Wright- who taught me how to see scripture from 1st century perspective.
The Power of Now
I’m in the middle of a re-read now!
The Ugly Duckling, Mansfield Park, Persuasion, The Holy Bible…
The Tale of Genji…
Outlander
Lord of the Rings
Jane Heller – Best Enemies
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King