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Books you will never forget

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Nettylovesbooks · 12/05/2024 16:36

Just wondering what books you’ve all read that are your favourites and will never forget . Ive read so many books but I really loved The Crimson Petal and the White , The Thirteenth Tale , Child 44 are just some examples . I have others but my brain fog has me forgetting the titles lol ( funny considering what my title is lol )

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KnitnNatterAuntie · 12/05/2024 21:42

I read all the Laura Ingalls Wilder books when I was young and particularly enjoyed The Long Winter. I was given a copy of Let the Hurricane Roar by Rose Wilder Lane and it instantly became a favourite . . . I've read it so many times.

At about the same time I read Rosanna of the Amish by Joseph Yoder and became intrigued by Amish customs so this book is memorable for me because it led to me to so many other Amish books

Sundaysunshine22 · 12/05/2024 21:41

Stressymess · 12/05/2024 21:11

I remember After You’d Gone making an impact on me when I read years ago but I haven’t re read it. Is it as sad as I think?
@Sundaysunshine22

I also remember spending a lot of time reading about women and mental health after reading The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox which stuck with me for ages.

Oh yes it's very sad but in a really reflective, thoughtful way. The writing is beautiful and poetic. I've read many of her books and they all stand out for me.

Gulbekian · 12/05/2024 21:40

Good Night Mr Tom (Michelle Magorian)
The Book of Evidence (John Banville)

Inspectorlemon · 12/05/2024 21:39

Gabriel’s Lament by Paul Bailey
She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb

TheWayBackHome · 12/05/2024 21:35

Never let me go - definitely

AlmostCutMyHairToday · 12/05/2024 21:31

Crime and Punishment. The writing is amazingly vivid.

Topbird29 · 12/05/2024 21:31

Pride & Prejudice
The Color Purple
To Kill a Mockingbird
More recently "The Hearts Invisible Furies" and "American Dirt"

newmenewday · 12/05/2024 21:28

Sundaysunshine22 · 12/05/2024 20:57

After You'd Gone. Maggie O'Farrell's first novel. I read it shortly after it came out and go back to it time and again. A beautiful story of love and loss and complex families

I just finished this. Loved it!

WhamBamThankU · 12/05/2024 21:27

Music of the spheres. Read it 20 years ago and Mumsnet helped me remember the title! A fantastic book with such a great twist at the end.

OlgaRhythm · 12/05/2024 21:26

Cold Comfort Farm, always makes me laugh, the comedy is superb
I Capture the Castle
The Time Traveller's Wife
Good Omens
The Painted Veil
The English Patient

Theoldcuriosityshop · 12/05/2024 21:26

The first book I was given as a child, The Secret Garden. It started my love of reading, also Black Beauty.

KnitnNatterAuntie · 12/05/2024 21:22

A brilliant book which I've only just read but feel I'll never forget is Brother.Do.You.Love.Me by Manni Coe & illustrated by Reuben Coe

Manni Coe writes so movingly about his brother Reuben who has Downs Syndrome and the issues within the care system. I learned so much from this book ~ one of the most thought-provoking books I have read recently

Bbq1 · 12/05/2024 21:20

Hamnet

Bbq1 · 12/05/2024 21:20

The Shack
All Mitch Albon's books
Hambett
Life after Life
Verity
Wuthering Heights
Jane Eyre
Birdsong

Sure there are more

SiriAlexa · 12/05/2024 21:13

*’were watching’, not ‘we’re watching’

GoosePockets · 12/05/2024 21:13

Lighthousekeeping - Jeanette Winterson
Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
Atonement - Ian McEwan
The day of the Triffids - John Wyndham

SiriAlexa · 12/05/2024 21:13

Their eyes we’re watching god by Zora Neale Hurston

Deipara · 12/05/2024 21:11

The wind in the willows - childhood fave
The Bible - a timeless classic 😁
Tuesdays with Morrie - read this as a teen and it's always stayed with me.
Recently read the Seven Sisters series by Lucinder Riley - addictive reading! Some of the characters and story lines really moved me and I will re-read the series again!

Stressymess · 12/05/2024 21:11

I remember After You’d Gone making an impact on me when I read years ago but I haven’t re read it. Is it as sad as I think?
@Sundaysunshine22

I also remember spending a lot of time reading about women and mental health after reading The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox which stuck with me for ages.

OneFrenchEgg · 12/05/2024 21:09

Loads, not because I enjoyed them but because they were so boring, important, on an interesting subject, a part of my life

The greengage summer - I love it so much, tale of coming of age
A brief history of the dead - fascinating ideas
Lolita - creepy and not to reread
The children's hour - sad and awful
Forever and all the Judy Blume/ mad young adult stuff of the 80s/90s - like a pp, the flowers int eh attic etc 😂

oddgirl · 12/05/2024 21:09

I switched on the tv tonight and on BBC 4 Steve Pemberton is reading The Remains of the Day followed by the Imagine programme about Ishiguro. Bliss!

user159 · 12/05/2024 21:05

American dirt still pops into my mind regularly.

Alias Grace - read for my a levels and just stuck with me for so many reasons

Babyshambles90 · 12/05/2024 21:05

Not all in a good way, but these came to mind:

A wizard of earthsea
Turtles all the way down
Never let me go
American psycho
We need to talk about Kevin
The fifth child
White noise
Lolita
Tender is the night
Mrs Dalloway
The dark is rising

loads more tbh but also loads I’ve read and completely forgotten!

Stressymess · 12/05/2024 21:04

Wild Swans. I never quite make it through long books these days, something about concentration. I couldn’t put Wild Swans down 20+ years ago.

More recently Why be happy when you could be normal, Jeanette Winterson.

Booksandwine80 · 12/05/2024 21:04

Will never forget flowers in the attic and all the ones which followed on

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