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What one book, fiction or non - fiction, would you make everyone read if you could?

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OnlyFangs · 25/10/2025 19:39

I think mine would be Edith Eger's The Choice.

It felt like it profoundly altered the way I viewed my life after leaving a DV relationship. Powerful stuff both personally and on a broader level too.

I also absolutely loved North and South which I read recently and can't believe I hadn't got round to reading it sooner. And same for Middlemarch.

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Somersetbaker · 25/10/2025 20:45

Austerlitz by W G Sebald. Is it fact or fiction,

LittleMissyHappyMe · 25/10/2025 20:21

Zempy · 25/10/2025 20:07

The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck by Mark Manson

Fab book!

AmethystAnnotation · 25/10/2025 20:17

The Diary of Anne Frank.

Lifesyoungdream · 25/10/2025 20:14

WonsWoo · 25/10/2025 19:57

A thousand splendid suns

Yes I agreed with this book

Zempy · 25/10/2025 20:07

The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck by Mark Manson

Puppylucky · 25/10/2025 19:59

The Five about the Jack the Ripper victims - brilliant social history that really educated me and gave a voice to women who have been marginalised in the whole JR story - despite being the victims

WonsWoo · 25/10/2025 19:57

A thousand splendid suns

BlueFairyBugsBooks · 25/10/2025 19:54

Im going to add Artificial Wisdom by Tom Weaver as a non-fiction must read.

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OnlyFangs · 25/10/2025 19:46

BlueFairyBugsBooks · 25/10/2025 19:44

Do They Hear You When You Cry by Fauzia Kasindja.

Although The Choice, If This Is a Man or Night are close contenders. Ultimately I choose the one I said because no one has heard of it, and most people have read at least one of the others.

Yes I would love new suggestions,. definitely, thank you! I shall look that up
If this is a Man is definitely a must read too really, I am annoying myself by limiting it to one book now Grin

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NoUserNameNeeded · 25/10/2025 19:44

Pet Sematry by Stephen King

BlueFairyBugsBooks · 25/10/2025 19:44

Do They Hear You When You Cry by Fauzia Kasindja.

Although The Choice, If This Is a Man or Night are close contenders. Ultimately I choose the one I said because no one has heard of it, and most people have read at least one of the others.

BobbieTables · 25/10/2025 19:41

The spirit level