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!

The razors edge Somerset Maugham

Its a bit like the Great Gatsby but with a load of philosophy and meditation. I've pretty much identified with all the characters over the years.

The Goldfinch.

I second The Kite Runner but A Thousand Splendid Suns is even more amazing. Every woman in the UK should read it and be thankful for our freedom

Kite Runner. Also A Thousand Splendid Suns. Both by Khaled Hosseini.

I have also enjoyed The Watchmaker of Filigree Street and The Bedlam Stacks recently. Both by Natasha Pulley.

oh and
Pet cemetery and Cujo both by Stephen King

Oh and A Prayer for Owen Meany. Never read anything quite like it. Got to the end and re-read it all over again ‘knowing’ what happened.

Room (Emma Donoghue) - thriller
The Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Behind Closed Doors (thriller)
Dan Brown books
Noughts and Crosses
All of HP

The Miniaturist, by Jessie Burton. Also, The Muse (same author).

Heroes and villains by Angela Carter

Yy to all the people saying the book thief (cried on the bus) & a thousand splendid suns (missed my stop and was late for work)

Thousand splendid suns same guy who wrote kite runner.

Third life of grange copeland one of Alice walkers lesser known books, don't know why it's amazing

Kafka on the shore by haruki murakami (although most of his books are great)
Also a thousand splendid suns as recommended above.
And shadow in the wind which is part of cemetery of forgotten books series.

Noughts and crosses! Love that book reread it as an adult and still love it

Possessing the Secret of Joy
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Passage (trilogy)
The Handmaid's Tale
The Bell Jar
The Colour Purple

The lovely bones by Alice Sebold
My sister's keeper by Jodi Picoult

Second what 40and says about A Thousand Splendid Suns. I I can never forget that book. Haunting. Everyone should read it.

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Oops forgot to add Wild Swans & Long Walk to Freedom as ones that haven't been mentioned

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Song of Achilles, it was amazing. The Remains of the Day (my favourite book).

The five people you meet in heaven.
Memoirs of a geisha.
If nobody speaks of remarkable things.

A town like Alice

Lady of Hay by Barbara Erskine Read this when i was seventeen.

Kingdom of Shadows and Hiding from the Light by her as well
Hiding from the Light would make a great Halloween read btw.

The Butterfly Summer by Harriet Evans

The Mistletoe Bride and other Haunting Tales by Kate Mosse.

Bleak House
In Cold Blood
1984
Jane Eyre
The Moonstone
As Meat Loves Salt
All the Shardlake novels
Wolf Hall
Bring Up the Bodies

@Mammysin
The Women's Room and Valley of the Dolls are on my list too. I read them as a teenager and I've been back to them many times.

I'm a book obsessive, I could go on all day

The Butterfly lion by Michael Morpurgo.
And a book called Treasure in an oatmeal box (can't remember the author) I read as a child and I've never forgotten it, it's probably not the best book I've ever read but very memorable. Both made me bawl my eyes out.