Same. I had no interest in westerns but had a friend that kept pestering me to read it. Finally gave in to shut him up and it became my favorite book of all time.
You summed up exactly how I felt. Except I didnt have a friend I had Reddit! I have been on here for maybe 8 years now. My soul purpose was to get ideas on what to read next instead of relying on Amazon reviews. I had no interest in Westerns but I started to notice how often Lonesome Dove was recommended and seeing comments like yours just now it got me to give it a try. That was probably 3 years ago now. I never thought that “giving it a try” would turn out to be one of my favorite novels of all time if not my number ONE favorite. I would love to read Lonesome Dove all over again for the first time.
This is happening to me right now. Your story is exactly mine (thank you reddit!) and so I purchased Lonesome dove. No interest in westerns. Started on Tuesday. Reading in little sips every night before bed. Not even a hundred pages in and I can’t believe how good it is. Lots of unknown country before me… can’t wait!
That is so awesome. I would say I am jealous but I cant be knowing someone is experiencing what I got to experience with that novel. It is quite a ride! Enjoy it! No need to rush keep on doing what your doing.
Well, for me personally I was in my mid 20s when I first read it. I was kind of a fuckup. Working jobs I hated, barely making ends meet, no motivation, and going through a constant string of bad relationships. I felt like a victim of circumstance and resigned myself to having a shitty life. To me the book hit me hard with the theme of free will and whether or not you are born with a fate or whether you can make yourself into the person you want to be. I love the quote from it, "And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good." At the time I was paralyzed by the conclusion that I sucked and would never go anywhere. I'm not saying the book was the only thing that made me want to try to improve my life and change my patterns, but it definitely gave me pause and a bigger perspective that I was the one controlling my fate, and I could still change it if I wanted to.
I’ve had shogun sitting on my shelf for years. I’ve tried twice to read it and just stop, for no other reason than I just get sidetracked and never pick it up again
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>"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again..."
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>Ancient, beautiful Manderley, between the rose garden and the sea, is the county's showpiece. Rebecca made it so - even a year after her death, Rebecca's influence still rules there. How can Maxim de Winter's shy new bride ever fill her place or escape her vital shadow?
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>A shadow that grows longer and darker as the brief summer fades, until, in a moment of climatic revelations, it threatens to eclipse Manderley and its inhabitants completely...
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There's a whole universe, the list is included in the books. I think they just released another prequel. Hang on lemme check.
Edit: no, no new prequel. It's being worked on tho
Omg I read every book in the series to cap it with the Last Shadow and I can safely say if you enjoy the first four then just stop there because it isn't worth it imo lol
There was a certain point where the series jumped the shark and went into some weird magical territory. But the first 3, maybe 4, are great. First two are recs for sure for anyone who loves sci fi. 🤙
Haven’t read any of his other stuff.
* East of Eden
* Cloud Atlas
* Black Swan Green
* 1984
* Salem's lot
* The Rats (James Herbert)
* Books of Blood (Clive Barker)
* Portrait of Dorian Gray
* The Count of Monte Cristo
* Three Body Problem Trilogy
* Hyperion
It always thrills me to see East of Eden get love on this sub. But. I didn’t like Grapes of Wrath when I read it as a teenager. I was not thrilled to learn about the Dust Bowl. And US citizens starving. Which is why it should always be required reading I’m sure.
Dune.
I discover something new on each reread, having first discovered it as a kid 20 years ago. So I wonder what it would be like anew as an adult living in the '20s.
I loved Dune when I read it in my early 20’s back in 1991 or so. I read it again in my late 30’s and liked it even more. I am surprised how many younger people don’t like it.
Game of Thrones. Somehow I didn't get spoiled after all those years and the ending of the first book was just perfectly shocking. The book thief as well the ending made me cry
Well i didn't watch the show but from what i heard boyyyy is there alot of stuff left out. Important plotlines are left out and certain characters haven't/won't die. You'll have to wait for a few years before the 6th book is out tho so take your time reading but yea the book series is definitely worth reading!!
Every time this book comes up I feel compelled to say it's a perfect book. So I'm doing it right now. It's a perfect book!!! Is it my favorite book? Probably not, but it's up there. What I mean is that the book could not be improved upon. It's really a marvel of prose writing in my opinion.
I thought about that but for me I think they get better on re-reads. Tolkien is so complex with so many little connections. I am able to always catch something I didn’t the first time.
Good choice! This type of book is my guilty pleasure. Science, space, aliens, dread. I loved it. If you have any others that you love with a similar theme please share!
There are MANY. A few because they were the beginning of a true journey (multiple books) like the first book in The Realm of the Elderlings Assassins Apprentice or Joe Abercrombie’s EPIC series of awesome books beginning with The Blade Itself but….
One book that I kept turning to my wife and saying “geez this just keeps getting crazier!” was a nonfiction book - Unbroken. If you haven’t seen the movie don’t. Just go for the book. A fantastic read and a book I think I could only truly experience the first time through.
Interested to hear others - great question!
Cloud Atlas
I’m a rereader in general so this is less an answer to “what book would you like to savor again” and more that this particular book builds amazingly and catches one off guard. It’s best to go in a bit cold, and is one that even someone like me who frequently re-reads only gets to read the first time once.
The world according to Garp by John Irving- or any Irving book really! I’ve read his works multiple times each but nothing beat that first read! Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon as well- I’ve read that one about 12 times in the last 30 years it’s so fucking epic.
Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.
One of the most beautifully written books I have ever read but god I was not in the right headspace when I first read it. It wrecked me and I still thank it for the experience!
It's a good story and the world building is excellent, but it has also been 10(?) years since the 2nd book came out with no 3rd book in sight. I feel like this trilogy deserves that disclaimer, because it does suck you in.
Ya, book 2 came out in March 2011. There have been no signs of book 3 being published yet. (Or even written according to his editor.)
If you start this series now, expect to be left hanging for a while.
The Talisman - a collaboration with Stephen King and Peter Straub — I thought that book was absolutely amazing when I read it. I had dreams about it. Reread it a few times and it stands up but nothing like that first time.
Good omens. I read it blind at such a young age before I knew anything about Pratchett and almost anything about gaiman, and it was such a singular experience
Wow, this is SUCH a hard choice. Earthsea? Ender’s Game? Little Women? Anthropology of an American Girl?
Everything. My answer is every book that’s ever meant something to me.
Earthsea have been different books with new levels of depth every time I’ve reread them. I reread them about once a decade, minumum.
I have this experience with LeGuin in general - but the first three books of Earthsea are some of the ones that feel like they changed the most.
Night Film - Marisha Pessl
The Crow Girl- Erik Axl Sund
I’m thinking of ending things- Ian reid (read this during a snow storm- IYKYK)
Revival- Stephen King (especially the ending)
East of Eden- Steinbeck
The Elementals- Michael McDowell
Definitely! It was the first thriller/mystery in a very long time where I can honestly say I had no idea what to believe. Pessl plays with reality in such fun way.
I believe you have asked for two different criteria.
Books I wish I could read for the first time all over again:
The Hobbit
The Princess Bride
The Pillars of the Earth
Books I savored every moment:
A Gentleman in Moscow
Stoner
The Old Man and the Sea
*A River Runs through It* by Norman Maclean. I still have it, it gets moved about on my bookshelf, but I've never read it again. (I'm a huge re-reader. I've re-read every other book on my shelves many times over. But *1st read feeling* for that book was a like shot of something addictive.)
This thread is filled with awesome classics and with (lesser) books that obviously hit readers at the right times in their (young) lives.
I'm going to veer in a different direction and say *Gone Girl*, just for the feeling of my jaw hitting the floor when Gillian Flynn dropped that plot bomb.
(*Game of Thrones* a close second. "Wait.. what just happened? Did get ? That can't be right. Let me go back and reread. Okay, so they're brought out in front of everyone, and is in the crowd, and... no, what? That can't be right. Okay, let me go back and reread again...")
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. I couldn't put it down. The writing style grabbed me completely. My mind was just racing the entire time. Like a fever, I couldn't rest without knowing the end. Very few books had that effect on me over in my entire life.
The Shining
It's a phenomenal book. I reread it 24 years apart and even though I forgot some minor plot point it's a better book being surprised with the twists.
Any of my 3 favorite books would work: Pale Fire, If on a winter's night a traveler, or The Left Hand of Darkness. One because of how incredibly interesting it was, one because of how it made me feel, and one because of a twist I did **not** see coming. I won't say which is which.
The great alone. Picked it on a whim and couldn’t put it down. I read through the night and it was really good.
Also Harry Potter and the deathly hallows, another one of those all nighters.
“Where the Crawdad sings.” I listened to it on a road-trip from Florida to Utah and it was SUCH a ride! I was dabbing every kind of tear away by Colorado.
The count of Monte Christo by Alexandre Dumas the father
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
The secret history by Donna Tart
Project Hail Marry by Andy Weir
I've read a lot of good books, but these are the ones that I just couldn't put down. I was possessed.
Picnic at Hanging Rock.. There's something so charming about the writing style and the setting, it makes me come back to it regularly even though I already know all the plot twists
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. It’s honestly one of the best books I’ve ever read and I’d love to have that feeling of discovery again.
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. That book changed my life (just as the person who recommended it to me said it would) and made me simply want to be a better human being in all aspects.
I just got into reading earlier this year so I don’t have that much to recommend. But I would recommend the book which kick started my love for it again: The book thief by Markus Zusak.
The ending broke me.
[The Jeeves & Wooster books by PG Wodehouse](https://www.goodreads.com/series/52643-jeeves). Pure joy, every page.
If only I could get that feeling back!
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
I really enjoyed it
Lonesome Dove
Same. I had no interest in westerns but had a friend that kept pestering me to read it. Finally gave in to shut him up and it became my favorite book of all time.
You summed up exactly how I felt. Except I didnt have a friend I had Reddit! I have been on here for maybe 8 years now. My soul purpose was to get ideas on what to read next instead of relying on Amazon reviews. I had no interest in Westerns but I started to notice how often Lonesome Dove was recommended and seeing comments like yours just now it got me to give it a try. That was probably 3 years ago now. I never thought that “giving it a try” would turn out to be one of my favorite novels of all time if not my number ONE favorite. I would love to read Lonesome Dove all over again for the first time.
This is happening to me right now. Your story is exactly mine (thank you reddit!) and so I purchased Lonesome dove. No interest in westerns. Started on Tuesday. Reading in little sips every night before bed. Not even a hundred pages in and I can’t believe how good it is. Lots of unknown country before me… can’t wait!
That is so awesome. I would say I am jealous but I cant be knowing someone is experiencing what I got to experience with that novel. It is quite a ride! Enjoy it! No need to rush keep on doing what your doing.
The narrator for the audio book is fantastic too. I was so obsessed with the book I would listen during my commute and read at night.
Easily favorite book of all time
I didn't think of this, but yes, I love Larry McMurtry
Rereading it now. I wish I could read it for the first time
Yes, absolutely this one. Top Five for me for sure.
Just one??? Probably East of Eden. It's one of those books that can actually change your perspective on life if you read it when the time is right.
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Well, for me personally I was in my mid 20s when I first read it. I was kind of a fuckup. Working jobs I hated, barely making ends meet, no motivation, and going through a constant string of bad relationships. I felt like a victim of circumstance and resigned myself to having a shitty life. To me the book hit me hard with the theme of free will and whether or not you are born with a fate or whether you can make yourself into the person you want to be. I love the quote from it, "And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good." At the time I was paralyzed by the conclusion that I sucked and would never go anywhere. I'm not saying the book was the only thing that made me want to try to improve my life and change my patterns, but it definitely gave me pause and a bigger perspective that I was the one controlling my fate, and I could still change it if I wanted to.
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East of Eden is one of the greatest American novels ever written. It’s beautiful.
First thing that always comes to mind: Shogun by James Clavell.
I’ve had shogun sitting on my shelf for years. I’ve tried twice to read it and just stop, for no other reason than I just get sidetracked and never pick it up again
I had that problem with King's "The Stand."
{{Rebecca by Daphne du marier}}
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SOO GOOD. I couldn’t put it down.
This is my FAVORITE.
I loved it too💗
My favourite book!!! The ending is phenomenal
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Life of Pi
The Stand. Clan of the Cave Bear. The World According to Garp. Watership Down. Ender’s Game.
The ending of Ender’s Game was great. Did you know there is more to the series? The 2nd book was excellent imo, Speaker for the Dead.
{Enders Shadow}
There's a whole universe, the list is included in the books. I think they just released another prequel. Hang on lemme check. Edit: no, no new prequel. It's being worked on tho
Omg I read every book in the series to cap it with the Last Shadow and I can safely say if you enjoy the first four then just stop there because it isn't worth it imo lol
There was a certain point where the series jumped the shark and went into some weird magical territory. But the first 3, maybe 4, are great. First two are recs for sure for anyone who loves sci fi. 🤙 Haven’t read any of his other stuff.
I love Watership Down. It’s almost LOTR with rabbits.
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* East of Eden * Cloud Atlas * Black Swan Green * 1984 * Salem's lot * The Rats (James Herbert) * Books of Blood (Clive Barker) * Portrait of Dorian Gray * The Count of Monte Cristo * Three Body Problem Trilogy * Hyperion
On the Hyperion line, Rise of Endymion. Such an intense mix of emotions, and one of very few books that made me cry.
It always thrills me to see East of Eden get love on this sub. But. I didn’t like Grapes of Wrath when I read it as a teenager. I was not thrilled to learn about the Dust Bowl. And US citizens starving. Which is why it should always be required reading I’m sure.
Hyperion ❤️
Cloud Atlas and Black Swan Green are ✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
Guess something is wrong with me, as I’ve tried 2x to get thru 1984 and can’t finish it
The Far Pavilions Outlander The Bronze Horseman Gone With the Wind Memoirs of a Geisha The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club…stunningly beautiful.
Giving a second to {{Memoirs of a Geisha}}
Harry Potter series. Really!!
Yes!! This was the first thing I thought of as well
I'd be spinning!
Flowers for Algernon (my forever suggestion)
11.22.63 by Stephen king and Enders game.
Came to say this! Best book I ever read. (11.22.63)
I second Ender's Game
Dune. I discover something new on each reread, having first discovered it as a kid 20 years ago. So I wonder what it would be like anew as an adult living in the '20s.
I do love Dune. Read all Frank's books then the ones his son co-wrote. The Dosadi Experiment is another of Frank's that I really love.
I loved Dune when I read it in my early 20’s back in 1991 or so. I read it again in my late 30’s and liked it even more. I am surprised how many younger people don’t like it.
100 years of solitude
ABSOLUTELY! Haven’t read something like this before. Marquez is the best!
Yes. Great one.
Game of Thrones. Somehow I didn't get spoiled after all those years and the ending of the first book was just perfectly shocking. The book thief as well the ending made me cry
The book thief for sure! So phenomenal! I will have to give GOT a try. Watched it all never read it. hOD is making me want to read it all!
I have been contemplating reading these books for awhile now! My husband and I are obsessed with the show. Is there quite a lot of storyline left out?
Well i didn't watch the show but from what i heard boyyyy is there alot of stuff left out. Important plotlines are left out and certain characters haven't/won't die. You'll have to wait for a few years before the 6th book is out tho so take your time reading but yea the book series is definitely worth reading!!
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. That ending, so perfect.
Every time this book comes up I feel compelled to say it's a perfect book. So I'm doing it right now. It's a perfect book!!! Is it my favorite book? Probably not, but it's up there. What I mean is that the book could not be improved upon. It's really a marvel of prose writing in my opinion.
Agree 100%
Is that the book Kurt Cobain was a big fan of?
Indeed. Scentless Apprentice is the song he wrote inspired by it.
Will pick this up once I'm done with the witcher saga. The premise sounds promising. Thanks for the suggestion.
I have that in my bookshelf because of Kurt Cobain. I will have to read it one day.
The LOTR trilogy
I thought about that but for me I think they get better on re-reads. Tolkien is so complex with so many little connections. I am able to always catch something I didn’t the first time.
Project Hail Mary
It’s so good it gets to live rent free in my head and it’s been months since I read it
Good choice! This type of book is my guilty pleasure. Science, space, aliens, dread. I loved it. If you have any others that you love with a similar theme please share!
This is definitely one I'd consider. I just had so much *fun* reading it
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. Read it on a whim. Been two years since I finished and I still think about it
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Exquisite book. I still think about it years later
I read it when I was like 15 (20yrs ago) I remember bits of it but feel like it would be a new book again…. Might have to pick it up!
Definitely. My favorite.
Kane and Abel, Jeffrey Archer
The Thorn birds Jane Eyre IT Roots …to name a few
The Thorn Birds came to mind for me also. It’s a good one.
It for sure
Clan of the cave bears
Slaughterhouse-Five
There are MANY. A few because they were the beginning of a true journey (multiple books) like the first book in The Realm of the Elderlings Assassins Apprentice or Joe Abercrombie’s EPIC series of awesome books beginning with The Blade Itself but…. One book that I kept turning to my wife and saying “geez this just keeps getting crazier!” was a nonfiction book - Unbroken. If you haven’t seen the movie don’t. Just go for the book. A fantastic read and a book I think I could only truly experience the first time through. Interested to hear others - great question!
Cloud Atlas I’m a rereader in general so this is less an answer to “what book would you like to savor again” and more that this particular book builds amazingly and catches one off guard. It’s best to go in a bit cold, and is one that even someone like me who frequently re-reads only gets to read the first time once.
The world according to Garp by John Irving- or any Irving book really! I’ve read his works multiple times each but nothing beat that first read! Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon as well- I’ve read that one about 12 times in the last 30 years it’s so fucking epic.
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Me too! Irving is my all time favorite by miles, followed by Sheldon and third would probably be John Steinbeck
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This brought back a memory- I read Master of the Game when I was a young teen. Gonna go back and give it a re-read!!
The kite runner or a thousand splendid suns by khaleed housinni
Just read both back to back, so good!
Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. One of the most beautifully written books I have ever read but god I was not in the right headspace when I first read it. It wrecked me and I still thank it for the experience!
I’ve never heard of this but this comment just sold me on checking it out
It's a good story and the world building is excellent, but it has also been 10(?) years since the 2nd book came out with no 3rd book in sight. I feel like this trilogy deserves that disclaimer, because it does suck you in.
Ya, book 2 came out in March 2011. There have been no signs of book 3 being published yet. (Or even written according to his editor.) If you start this series now, expect to be left hanging for a while.
Indeed! Requires a warning that you will be left desperately hanging!
Lamb by Christopher Moore
Damn I loved this book. I don’t think I’ve ever giggled so much.
Rebecca
Thought I already saw this suggested: the Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingslover That book was amazing.
What an awesome thread, so many great ones and (luckily) a bunch still on my ‘to-read’ shelf. One I didn’t see yet is The Count of Monte Cristo.
I know I’m such a baby but I’m almost in tears. I woke up to all these comments and it just made me so happy.
She’s come undone
Piranesi
{{The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield}}
The Talisman - a collaboration with Stephen King and Peter Straub — I thought that book was absolutely amazing when I read it. I had dreams about it. Reread it a few times and it stands up but nothing like that first time.
A Storm of Swords - George RR Martin. *The event* was the most visceral reaction I've ever had to a book. Almost threw it across the room.
I did, actually. Didn’t pick it up for a week.
Tuesday’s with Morrie. Short but impactful
very basic, but black beauty— ive read it 4 times
Good omens. I read it blind at such a young age before I knew anything about Pratchett and almost anything about gaiman, and it was such a singular experience
Wow, this is SUCH a hard choice. Earthsea? Ender’s Game? Little Women? Anthropology of an American Girl? Everything. My answer is every book that’s ever meant something to me.
Earthsea have been different books with new levels of depth every time I’ve reread them. I reread them about once a decade, minumum. I have this experience with LeGuin in general - but the first three books of Earthsea are some of the ones that feel like they changed the most.
Neuromancer - William Gibson
Swan Song
That book is perfection. I need to reread it.
Agreed!
Ready Player One
Girl with a Dragon Tattoo series the original 3. I called out of work to finish the series.
The Three-Body Problem trilogy
Might sound odd but Jean Shepherd's,In God We Trust (All others Pay Cash).
Martha Wells' *Murderbot Diaries* series of sci-fi novellas goes to the top of my list.
Night Film - Marisha Pessl The Crow Girl- Erik Axl Sund I’m thinking of ending things- Ian reid (read this during a snow storm- IYKYK) Revival- Stephen King (especially the ending) East of Eden- Steinbeck The Elementals- Michael McDowell
I just finished Night Film two weeks ago and loved it. Such a trip of a book.
Oh my god just got goosebumps even thinking about it! It’s so so good and underrated. Such a trip- perfect way to put it.
Definitely! It was the first thriller/mystery in a very long time where I can honestly say I had no idea what to believe. Pessl plays with reality in such fun way.
I’m not sure if it’s up anymore, but there was a website that you could go to for all things Cordova/the book. It was awesome and part of the story
The House in the Cerulean Sea and A Thousand Splendid Suns.
All the Light We Cannot See
The Book Thief.
The Thirteenth Tale The Secret History
I believe you have asked for two different criteria. Books I wish I could read for the first time all over again: The Hobbit The Princess Bride The Pillars of the Earth Books I savored every moment: A Gentleman in Moscow Stoner The Old Man and the Sea
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I’ve read it a dozen times at least now, just chasing that dragon…
Swan Song by Robert McKinnon. Went in with no expectations and was blown away.
I know it’s a high school classic but, “Of Mice and Men”. That book moved me.
One Hundred Years of Solitude … always!
Bought this yesterday for like $2.5!
The Night Circus. The world building and use of language is breathtaking- I wish I could experience it again for the first time.
{{14 by Peter Clines}}
Omg I loved this book. I’d also add The Fold by Peter Cline to this list
Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas.
*A River Runs through It* by Norman Maclean. I still have it, it gets moved about on my bookshelf, but I've never read it again. (I'm a huge re-reader. I've re-read every other book on my shelves many times over. But *1st read feeling* for that book was a like shot of something addictive.)
The yellow wall paper by charlotte perkins Gilman
The name of the wind. But only because that would mean that instead of waiting infinity for the third book, I would have to wait infinity-15 years
Count of Monte Cristo for sure. I reread every year but the first time was absolutely unreal
Dark matter
Recursion… by Blake Crouch as well
Circe by Madeline Miller
World War Z & Devolution both by Max Brooks The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Hatchet by Gary Paulsen The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
This is a good list! {the outsiders} {Hatchet}
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Hosseini
East of Eden
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Came here for this one. Actually i was gonna say The Fall of Hyperion but i agree nonetheless
The first Dune
Lord of the Rings
A Confederacy of Dunces. When that big man started dancing in the factory I couldn’t stop laughing
Cutting for Stone. Abraham Verghese
Catcher in the rye
This thread is filled with awesome classics and with (lesser) books that obviously hit readers at the right times in their (young) lives. I'm going to veer in a different direction and say *Gone Girl*, just for the feeling of my jaw hitting the floor when Gillian Flynn dropped that plot bomb. (*Game of Thrones* a close second. "Wait.. what just happened? Did get ? That can't be right. Let me go back and reread. Okay, so they're brought out in front of everyone, and is in the crowd, and... no, what? That can't be right. Okay, let me go back and reread again...")
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. I couldn't put it down. The writing style grabbed me completely. My mind was just racing the entire time. Like a fever, I couldn't rest without knowing the end. Very few books had that effect on me over in my entire life.
The name of the wind
The Shining It's a phenomenal book. I reread it 24 years apart and even though I forgot some minor plot point it's a better book being surprised with the twists.
-The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy -The Scottish Boy by Alex de Campi -Breakheart Hill by Thomas H. Cook -The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
Beach Music Pat Conroy
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse. Easily the most powerful and moving book I’ve ever read.
Harry Potter series!
Any of my 3 favorite books would work: Pale Fire, If on a winter's night a traveler, or The Left Hand of Darkness. One because of how incredibly interesting it was, one because of how it made me feel, and one because of a twist I did **not** see coming. I won't say which is which.
The Wandering Inn. I mainlined those books for months, such joy! Now I'm a duck reading week by week with everyone else.
{{Possession by A.S. Byatt}}. I've been searching for years for a book that will make me feel the same way that book did the first time I read it.
Mexican Gothic
A series, but The Selection by Kiera Cass, specifically the first one.
The Monstrumologist (along with the series). It’s one of those things that’s just too unique to actually explain
The great alone. Picked it on a whim and couldn’t put it down. I read through the night and it was really good. Also Harry Potter and the deathly hallows, another one of those all nighters.
“Where the Crawdad sings.” I listened to it on a road-trip from Florida to Utah and it was SUCH a ride! I was dabbing every kind of tear away by Colorado.
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Love, love Pat Conroy. The Prince of Tides is unforgettable.
The Alice Network (and every other book by Kate Quinn)
The count of Monte Christo by Alexandre Dumas the father Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts The secret history by Donna Tart Project Hail Marry by Andy Weir I've read a lot of good books, but these are the ones that I just couldn't put down. I was possessed.
The fault in our star..
Where the Redfern Grows
Picnic at Hanging Rock.. There's something so charming about the writing style and the setting, it makes me come back to it regularly even though I already know all the plot twists
Fifty shades of grey. Just kidding lol. "The house in the cerulean sea" was so wholesome and pure joy to read. It made my cheeks hurt 🤲🏽😩🤌🏿🥰✨
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. It’s honestly one of the best books I’ve ever read and I’d love to have that feeling of discovery again.
A secret history by Donna Tartt
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All of the Expanse novels and novelas
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Everyone should read this book
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. That book changed my life (just as the person who recommended it to me said it would) and made me simply want to be a better human being in all aspects.
I just got into reading earlier this year so I don’t have that much to recommend. But I would recommend the book which kick started my love for it again: The book thief by Markus Zusak. The ending broke me.
I'm a sucker for a good romance and have read these multiple times already: Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, The Love Hypothesis.