Books you will never forget

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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 )

YYY to Child 44, OP.

I loved The Boys in the Boat.

Agree with loads of the below. Adding Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Reread it several times since and got something new about it every time. It's mind blowing.

Always say that mine is The red tent by Anne Diamant.

The red tent
The handmaids tale
His dark materials
A town like Alice

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty

A few have been mentioned already but The Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury is one I'll never forget reading

Oh and yes to the day of the triffids. Love John Wyndham.
The stand
Eagle of the ninth

It could have been you and one child policy

The Secret History. First read it as a teen studying classics and it completely captured me. Have re-read a few times; love the characters, her writing style, the tension throughout.

A Thousand Splendid Suns - stand out all time favourite that I have read several times over.

Motherland by Paul Theroux

Tuesdays with Morrie and also The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom

He by John Connolly - it’s an interpretation of the Friendship between Laurel & Hardy. Absolutely beautifully written.

and a new favourite that I read a year or so ago but am still obsessed with. Whale by Cheon Myeong-Kwan

The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien
Stones From the River, Ursula Heigl
My Antonia, Willa Cather
In Cold Blood, Truman Capote
Man's Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl

The other woman.
Passions child.
Leopard in the snow.
The book of silence.
And many more.

I never see Mitch Albom mentioned much on book threads. Glad to see someone else who loves his work. I recently finished Have a Little Faith and loved it.

Lots, but the one that comes immediately to mind is A Fine Balance. I must read it again.

And then as a child I read Mister God This Is Anna, which has stayed with me all my life. Another one I should read again.

Junk by Melvin Burgess
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
The Passage by Justin Cronin

Really enjoyed The Passage series

Fahrenheit 451 too. I bawled and it often pops into my mind.

That’s so well put @BrandyandGinger did you love Emily too?

So many great books mentioned already …
the ones that have also stuck with me
Birdsong - absolutely opened my eyes to WW1 , I had no clue of trench warfare before reading this.
In Cold Blood - classic
The Belljar - evoked the era it was written in so well , the style , buildings , but so bleak

Also
The Snowchild - a delicate beautiful tale like a fairytale ?
Agree with @Smartiepants79 The Stand , took me weeks to read but the desert scenes will stick in my mind forever.
Another one which I always think of is The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult , one particular scene had me sobbing.

He's a fantastic author isn't he. His books are really life affirming and really give the reader food for thought.

Slaughterhouse five - a great book, but also gives a good interpretation of ptsd
the cone gatherers - I love the different publications and how ‘blame’ switches in a few changed words
lanark - Alasdair grays best work
faierie queen- old books had to be educational and you need to be a bit of a detective to work out all the hidden meanings, but even without it’s an enjoyable read

Like a pp I also loved the "L shaped room as a teen" and have revisited it since at intervals, defiantly one of my all time favourites. As a mum I discovered "The Indian in the Cupboard " also by Lynne Reid-Banks and loved reading them to my son. They really couldn't be more different.
So many books that my list could go on forever, and there are lots here already. But I do want to mention "The mortal Engines" quartet by Philip Reeves. The final ending haunted me for days and was among the most emotional I've ever read (as in couldn't stop sobbing). I've bought the subsequent prequel but have been unable to take myself back there.

Auto correct at it again. Definitely not defiantly

I've got a really, really dreadful memory for books; I was just thinking that this evening. This can be a good thing because I can re read stuff I've read before and enjoy again usually.

One I've read recently though was Pereira
Maintains by Antonio
Tabucchi. (I read in translation). It's set in Portugal in 1938 and is only 160 pages but the character will stay with me for a long time.

Also, The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters. But that should stay with me as I've read it and listened to the audiobook several times!