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

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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!

Diary of a sentimental killer by Sepulveda. God, I used to read so much before DC.

Grapes of Wrath
Under the Skin- odd, really stuck in my mind

I did my english higher ln An Evil Cradling and it has always stuck with me. Also recently read The Tattooist of Auschwitz

How could i forget Animal Farm

I was very moved by the Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. It's just stayed with me over the years. I recommend it.

Jude the Obscure - Hardy
A word child - Iris Murdoch

@Topseyt I'm going to try both those series, have been struggling for reading material lately and they look good. There are three Fitz and the Fool series and 2 other related series, Assassin's Apprentice is the first one, but the series do stand alone too. Enjoy!

We need to talk about Kevin

Mama Day by Gloria Naylor.

I forgot to add The Bonesetters Daughter by Amy Tan

I find all her books stay with me I love her writing she is my favorite author

"The Far Pavilions" M.M.Kaye
"The Poisonwood Bible" Barbara Kingsolver
"If This Is a Man" Primo Levi

Love the first 2. The third gives me nightmares but I'm glad I read it.

Angela ashes...... a real eye opener as to how hard life was years ago for women with unreliable husbands, especially in Ireland

@40andfeelingit I was going to say exactly the same about A Thousand Splendid Suns.

Recently I’ve been thinking that I don’t need to read any new books, just re-read all the amazing ones I’ve already read.

I know why the caged bird sings - Maya Angelou

The sea, the sea - Iris Murdoch

A few amazing true stories of adventure – totally gripping and life affirming
Endurance (Arthur Lansing)
Touching the void (Joe Simpson)
The kin tiki expedition (Thor Heyerdahl)
Seven Years in Tibet (Heinrich Harrer)

Not life changers but some good books.

I let you go - quite upsetting in ways. A good read though.

I am pilgrim. Pageturner!

The woman who walked into doors
After you'd gone
Wuthering Heights
The Bell Jar
Jane Eyre
Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Another vote for ‘The Road’.

I've only read A Fine Balance once and it was unrelentingly sad except that it wasn't and I'll.never ever forget the feel good factor at the end.
Equally A Thousand Splendid Suns was the saddest thing but the love and friendship of those amazing women who were so so real, will never leave me.
Also Bridget Jones summed up.my 90s. I loved her . I used to read the column in the Independent every Tuesday and I queued at waterstones in Manchester to get the book when it first came.out. It was pure joy and true and everything.
Other long term favs include the famous five, all Judy blume, adrian mole, behind the scenes of the museum, Margaret Forster's story about her and her mum's lives, one day, and I capture the castle. In latter years the Gold Finch stands out. Pride and Prejudice and Madame.Bovary my favourite classics.

Another vote for my sisters keeper - book much better than the film (and a different ending)

Also love PS I love you. Again preferred the book to the film. My eyes were stinging from tears.

Resurrection by Tolstoy. Easy to read and deserves at least as much acclaim as crime and punishment imo.

Also, Jude the Obscure is by far my fave Hardy book.

The last days of rabbit Hayes