I'd like to read more of the sorts of books that really move people. Mine's _Harriet the Spy_, by the way, because that's what made me decide I wanted to be a writer.
2006-08-16 12:54:56 · 43 answers · asked by Rosasharn 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
You are probably not a sci-fi fantasy enthusiast, but I would say I was completely blown away by The Thomas Covenant series by Steven R. Donaldson. Imagine taking Lord of the Rings and putting real modern people with the most deep psychological and complex issues that a person can deal with. It's an amazing blend of classic fantasy elements and dark contemporary drama. Hard to imagine it I bet, so you will just have to read it to see what I mean.
2006-08-16 13:03:06 · answer #1 · answered by martin h 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible
Hoot
Flush
Because of Winn-Dixie
Island of the Blue Dolphins
The Wish
Little Woman
Tuck Everlasting
Bridge to Terribithia
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Phantom Tollboth
I LOVED ALL THESE BOOKS!
2006-08-17 11:09:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan
Hind's Feet On High Places, Hannah Hurnard
Mere Christianity, Til We Have Faces, Screwtape Letters & The Pilgrim's Regress by CS Lewis
2006-08-16 13:06:28 · answer #3 · answered by Pigskin Princess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Suzy Orman, The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom
2006-08-16 13:04:41 · answer #4 · answered by Unique 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Harriet is great. My choice has something in common with yours. It's a book by Frank Baum, author of Wizard of Oz, called The Enchanted Island of Yew. In that book, a female fairy talks to two princesses who tell her that the life of a human female is basically boring, so if she wants to become human for a year, she should be a male. She does and has numerous adventures, uninhibited by her female stature. I loved it back in the 50's and until years later, never realized that by becoming a woman in science, I was that fairy. But the enchanted year pretending to be a guy has lasted since 1963 and counting...and I get time off to be female at home with my husband and kids.
2006-08-16 13:07:12 · answer #5 · answered by Lorelei 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know this may sound lame but when I was younger (I can't believe it's been 16 years ago) I was really into The Babysitters Club books. I think that because I was so into them I really became passionate about reading and now I read all the time. Also, it gave me some great ideas for when I was babysitting.
2006-08-16 13:02:15 · answer #6 · answered by Kim D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alice in Wonderland - By Lewis Carroll (a.k.a. Charles Ludwig Dodgson)
This book pretty much defined my sense of humor, and is a great inspiration for fantasy and clever silliness.
I used to be suicidal, and whenever I would get to the point that I really felt that the void had utterly consumed me, I would read this book. The humour in it would pull me up just enough that I didn't want to do it for just one more day. It pretty well carried me through highschool.
2006-08-16 12:58:55 · answer #7 · answered by nex_nox_noctus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Life and Times of John Holmes
2006-08-16 12:59:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand
2006-08-16 13:06:07 · answer #9 · answered by alethiaxx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the Bible for sure but other than that, a History of the Early Greeks has done more as an individual book to shape my life than other other. Luckily I read it during my formulative years.
2006-08-16 13:01:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋