to ask what book you've read that you'll never forget?

[sunshineNdaisies]

I'm looking for new books to read and I'm trying to find something similar to those I've read over the years that have stuck with me. I'll start:

Of mice and men, the rats of nimh, persuasion, pride and prejudice, nicholas nickleby, oliver twist, little house on the prairie, the help, 12 years a slave, the color purple, the red pony, sunset song, memoirs of a geisha, little women, all the harry potter books, the prime of miss jean brodie,

I'm sure I'll remember more

Please recommend a book that will stick with me! Nothing scary though, I don't like scary. Also I hated Wuthering Heights so that stuck with me for the wrong reasons!

[OhComeOnRon]

The kite runner - I think it's khaled husseini ...

[OhComeOnRon]

Also- the boy in the striped pyjamas.

I always wish that I could erase some books from my memory and read them again- especially Harry Potter! Haha

[Hooveruser]

English Passengers. I have loved several of the books you mention so I hope this is a good fit.

[Nuffaluff]

Wise Children by Angela Carter
Her writing is unique

[JesusInTheCabbageVan]

To Kill a Mockingbird
The White Hotel
A God in Ruins
We Need to Talk About Kevin

[MissingMo]

Chinese Cinderella

[WhatWouldLeslieKnopeDo]

Our souls at night by Kent Haruf. I listened to the audiobook at a difficult time and I found it very moving.

I still re-read the Little House books now and then :)

[Grumpbum123]

The tattooist of auschwitz

[Thelastredwinegum]

The Book Thief
Boy in the striped pyjamas
The Green Mile
PS I love you
The Kite Runner

[EssentialHummus]

Stoner

(not the subject matter you expect)

[MsSquiz]

The Dave Pelzar books ("a child called it", "the lost boy" and "a man named Dave") I have also read one of his brother's books. They will stick with me forever.

The Dwelling Place by Catherine Cookson. I first read this aged about 7 or 8 and it started my obsession with books.

[Fashionista101]

Send me no flowers! Probably the first f*cked up book I read. I'll never forget it!

[PierreBezukov]

I've read and like all the books in your OP.

You MUST read The God of Small things. It will stay with you.

[allthingsred]

Second the kite runner in fact all of his books
Same with we need to talk about Kevin
Also the 5 people you meet in heaven is one I've never forgotten

[Autumnchill]

Charlottes Web. I remember it being the first book I cried over and the book I couldn't put down. It broke my heart and filled it at the same time. It's still magical to me.

[Thelastredwinegum]

Then she was gone by Lisa Jewell

[ileclerc]

The boy in the striped pyjamas
To kill a mockingbird

[AliTheMinx]

The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
If This Is A Man - Primo Levi
Catcher In The Rye - JD Salinger
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

[Lemonsnlime]

One Day

[witheringnights]

The god of small things
Catch 22
The magic toyshop
Jude the Obscure
Captain Corelli

[Angie169]

The Colour purple
Kes
Watership down
My family and other animals

[TheMonkeyMummy]

Another vote for the kite runner. I stayed up all night to finish it

[Mammysin]

The Tortilla Curtain, Jane Eyre, Black Beauty, Amongst Women, The Secret History, Valley of the Dolls, The Women's Room, Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry, Goodnight Mr Tom

[edwinbear]

The Time Travellers Wife
The Miniturist