What is the one book you’d like to make more people read?
What is the one book you’d like to make more people read?
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“Things Fall Apart” – Chinua Achebe
I heard so much about it, I checked it out from the library. Next up on my list!
Susan Burns Allen ….this book, along with “Two Years Before the Mast” – Richard Henry Dana, was eye-opening in the respect of the long-lasting affect one infiltrating society has upon a native society and culture.
The dictionary.
Spoiler alert! The zebra did it!
The Diary of Anne Frank
A land remembered
Psalms
…or the book of John.
Romans.
Corinthians is my personal favorite.
Nobody picked Numbers?
@Kristine, that’s right!
The Clan of the Cave Bear
So I saw these on here last week or the week before and I looked them up. I ordered them and two arrived today–but not the first one! dammit! So why tell me (as I cross the days off my calendar until the first one arrives) is this series so good.
It is Anne Rice meets d Dracula.
The vampires are scary and sensual. It is also about the bonds of love and family and how some will do anything to protect them.
The main male character in the first book (besides dracula) is an innocent man who just wants to do right by everyone, but makes a few ignorant choices. Then he becomes a strong and brave man that does do right by his family.
Arkady was my first “adult” book BF… lol… even though he’s married.
Okay I am in, dern, couldn’t they have sent the first book of it instead of the second and third.
Prince of Tides. Movie did not do it justice
I agree, Vickie! The book is so, so much better than the movie!
You got that right!
Love the book!!!! Loathed the movie!
The movie was bad because it made the psychiatrist the driver of the plot.
@Anita totally agree! The movie just didn’t catch the magic…
@Vickie I so loved his writing.
Before We Were Yours
on my TBR list!
Reading it now, LOVE IT!
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
I agree
Me too!
Have you heard of Final Gifts?
I have not but I am going to check it out.
Agreed!
The Silmarillion.
I read it as a teen. I’d never read Tolkien before and though I finished it, I did not understand a word of it.
I bet you’d like it if you read it again. I re-read it every few years and each time I find something new.
Not sure. The only other Tolkien I’ve read was The Lord of The Rings … book 1 … 20 years ago.
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
Detached by Wendy Weiss
Mans Search for Meaning.
Yes and yes
So B. It by Sarah Weeks. it’s also a movie, but I haven’t seen it
I ‘love’ WW2 genre and have read a few great books.
The French Promise by Fiona McIntosh .
The Sugar Men by Ray Kingfisher.
The Pianist by Wladyslaw Szpilman.
The Shadow of the Wind
Loved the whole series ?
Yes!
@Julie I’ve only read the one. I didn’t know there’s more. I have to look into that!
How to win friends and influence people
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
Bleak house.
Wearing the Cape by Marion G Harmon
I don’t try to make people read anything. I think that is part of control.
Control theory or choice theory is a good book about not controlling others. By William glasser
Flowers For Algernon
Loved the book! One of the best awesome book I read in years!
Paradise Lost by John Milton.
In grad school a professor asked if anyone had read it. No one had. She responded, “Your loss.”
I took that as a recommendation. After every chapter my mouth was left open in amazement at his use of language.
Jason Lutes’ “Berlin,” a freaking brilliant graphic novel about the rise of fascism in the Weimar Republic as seen through the lives of a bunch of diverse characters. Two of three volumes are out, I’m told he just finished the last page of volume 3.
Mike now that’s a series I’d be interested in
I can’t recommend it enough, and I have a bookcase of graphic novels. I started reading it almost twenty years ago and loved it even before it became so chillingly relevant.
Night or A Separate Peace.
A Separate Peace is one of my all-time favourites.
I loved A Separate Peace so much!
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Such beautiful writing.
Just added to my tbr. Thanks!
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Just picked this up.
You’ll love it. Betty Smith wrote three other lesser knowns that are equally wonderful if you can find them (usually used copies by now.) They all stand alone and can be read in any order: MAGGIE-NOW, and JOY IN THE MORNING, and TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER. I loved all four and wish she’d lived long enough to write more.
Tbr
Wow I’ve only read two of these! My TBR list continues to grow…
Mine too
The Road Less Traveled
Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan.
It is basically Critical Thinking 101, and a damn good read on top of it. Not dry in the least bit – fascinating actually.
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel.
[Mostly because it’s so lyrical, and to show that people can write genre fiction in a literary style.]
Such a beautiful novel.
That’s a gorgeous book. I had Ralph Fiennes in my head for Arthur Leander
I just saw a play which takes place at the theater in the very opening chapter of the book!
I am reading “Wonder” to my 7 and 5 year old. I think it’s a must read for all adults-and all children.
It’s a Wonder..ful book!
Great book
Agree! Loved it. Schools are reading it together and I think that’s awesome.
Station Eleven and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Another Station Eleven fan!
@Cayleigh i think it is one of the best new books in the last decade.
I’m reading Station Eleven for book club right now. I’m halfway thru and really enjoying it!
Loved loved loved Station Eleven
Wonder and The Hate U Give
Unbroken
Great question to ask and answer. I would say more people must read TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom.
The Timekeeper is a good one too. Great lessons.
On my TBR thanks. 🙂
It is so good that I read it in a couple of hours
Must say you might also like Five People You Meet In Heaven
Replay by Ken Grimwood
The Blue Castle by LM Montgomery
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz
There’s a fifth already on my TBR too. Good suggestion.
A Land Remembered (especially if you’re from Florida). Also, The Nightingale.
The World of Null A by A E van Vogt
PERSONAL BEST BY DR GEORGE SHEEHAN
Christy by Catherine Marshall.
I read that when I was a kid!
@Debra I read it every couple of years. One of my all time favorites.
Under the Same Sky by Joseph Kim. A true memoir. You will cry and learn about a boy who escaped North Korea.
A Gentleman in Moscow
It’s Kind of a Funny Story. Really touches on mental health in young people
The Clowns of God by Morris West. Enlightening, for me at least.
The crossfire series!! ??
Cryptonomicon
I think I would say Provinces of Night. Not because I think it is the best of all my favorites, but because I think it’s a book that deserves more recognition than it’s gotten. I feel that way about Paperboy too.
OED. Or any other.
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
As a rule, I am against compulsory advisement,
But when I do, I insist that they read Dark Ages by Valerie L Price!
Thirteen reasons why. I even bought my granddaughter a copy so she could see bullying and suicide and the aftermath and how it affects people
I want my kids to watch and read this…just not sure the age when they should yet. But definitely a good one for teens.
The Book Thief
The Name of the Wind
Just Mercy
Totally agree.
Yes, I was just about to add that to the list. Glad you already did.
Same!
Brene Brown BRAVING THE WILDERNESS. so timely.
To Kill a Mockingbird…life changing
Did you read Go Set a Watchman also?
@Lacey Yes. At first I wasn’t interested but nice I allowed the characters to grow, esp Atticus, I was able to see the story as a whole.
One of the best books ever
Tree and Leaf JR Tolkien
Reveille for radicals by Saul Alinsky
Invitation to a Beheading
The Bible. For the 10 commandments. For the Beatitudes. For the Psalms.
Exodus by Leon Uris
Road to Serfdom
19 Minutes
Hillbilly Eulogy. Read it and understand it.
Do you mean “Hillbilly Elegy?” That is a fascinating and eye-opening book! I recommend it to anyone who’d listen!
I agree!
Either title works!
A fine balance
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson; historical … it explains so much about where our country is today. And The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot – amazing.
YES. Yes, yes, yes–I loved this book.
Following this. That’s not the name of a book. I just wanna see what y’all say
lol
The dead zone by stephen king
Yes, yes, yes!!!
QBVII by Leon Uris
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25489625-between-the-world-and-me?ac=1&from_search=true
Sherlock Holmes
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34668905.here
Prelude to Insanity
Invisible Man – Ellison
Whatever book I’m currently immersed in. Sigh.
Tattoos on the Heart
Robert Heinlein
The book I just finished , All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai.
The cirque du freak and demonata series. I can’t choose between one of them.
The Clay Girl by Heather Tucker. Phenomenal book!!!
Anne of Green Gables
Love love love.
One thing
The Little Prince
The Arch of Triumph by Eric Maria Remarque
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Poisonwood Bible
The Sixth Extinction
Enrique’s Journey
11/22/63. Just because I loved it.
Fantastic book?
YES! One of my favorites! And for some reason, it’s hard to describe it to someone and make it sound good.
Pillars of the Earth
My first recommendation always!
It had a profound effect on me and made me think long and hard about our ancestors and how hard they worked.
Absolutely. Unbelievable what they went through to build amazing things. I was in Prague this summer and climbed a tower at the castle, I believe it was 208 steps spiralling all the way up, but I kept thinking a builder had to climb these steps everyday, carrying his tools and possibly even the next step ( hopefully there was a pulley system, but I don’t know).
Tuck Everlasting. Many of us read it as children, and it works great on that level, but to go back and revisit it as an adult with a sense of nostalgia and loss, it’s truly amazing.
That is a great book!
Most of the books that I have read, which is way too many to mention
The Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner.
The Way of the SEAL: Think Like an Elite Warrior to Lead and Succeed by Mark Divine (amazing, life changing, a great book) and Goddesses Never Age: The Secret Prescription for Radiance, Vitality, and Well-Being by Christiane Northrup
East of Eden. It’s my Great American Novel.
The Shipping News
Katherine by Anya Seton. A novelized version of a true love story that set the course for modern British royalty. Set in the 14th century, it is far and away my favorite historical fiction novel that not many people have read.
https://www.amazon.com/Katherine-Anya-Seton/dp/0544222881
Putting it on my list.
The Queen Bee and Web of Days are old books but they were wonderful. Right now the authors’ name escapes me but I think you could find it through the title. I will never forget them and it was many years ago!
Little Women!!
On my TBR right now
Trust me, it’s the best
@Savannah I have little men and Jo’s boys and a few of her other books as well as a new book called the little women letters by Gabrielle Donnelly
They are free on iBooks, except the little women letters. I had them on my the list but just downloaded them on Thursday.
Now got some amazing books in my tbr list
The Holy Bible
When someone we love is snatched from us, it often feels very hard to make plans. Sometimes people feel like they have lost faith in the future,?
(After You by Jojo Moyes,)
Non-fiction: God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything https://www.amazon.com/dp/0446697966/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_ze8iAbA8X7Y3Q
Thx for posting.
I got to meet the great man at the 2007 Atheist Alliance convention near Washington, DC. Got my copy signed!
The God Virus (not written by Hitch) is an easy read and helpful in understanding why people are reluctant to let go of their religious beliefs.
11/22/63
I read it — again — last week. LOVE that book.
The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler and Dissolution by C J Sansom… Then the rest of each series haha ??
goerge orwell 1984
The Gnole by Alan Aldridge.
All books by Marianne Frederiksson
I wouldn’t want to make anyone read any book. But I would recommend autobiography of a yogi by Paramahansa yogananda
Thug (The Hate You Give )
I’m reading that right now.
What is that about?
Dombey & Son
Geek Love.
LOVE Geek Love.
@Katie viva Binewskis!!
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
Me Before You
Fifty Shades of Gray
Middlesex
“How to Read a Book” by Mortimer Adler. Really. A great book that tells you how to make the most of your reading time and get the most from each book, both nonfiction and fiction.
Please dont take this personally but that sounds like the most pretentious subject to possibly write about. I am glad you enjoyed it but telling people how to “make the most of their reading time” is SO incredibly subjective as to be laughable.
think of all the literature courses offered in the world – they are basically doing the same thing on various levels. haven’t read this, but wouldn’t dismiss it as laughable without giving it a try.
The peaceful warrior by Dan Millman
Harry Potter series
The justin Cronin trilogy
Night by Elie Weisel.
The Book Thief
I said that one too!
The Lineage of Grace 5 Women That Changed Eternity by Francine Rivers.
Ready player one
I don’t want to make anyone read anything.
The Clay Girl by Heather Tucker!! It’s amazing!
The Prince of thorns by Peter V Brett
i have tp agree with Debra at least about East Of Eden being better than Grapes of Wrath. My favorite of all novels is Sometimes A Great Notion by Ken Kesey but I know that a number share my reaction as the best or one of the best all novels there are many who just don’t get, don’t relate at all.
Loved Sometimes a Great Notion! So good
The Accidental Tourist
Brave Lotus Flower Rides The Dragon
Non-fiction: Do You Believe in Magic: The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine, by Dr. Paul Offit.
Fiction: The Grapes of Wrath.