If you had to choose 3 books to read. Which would you choose?

Question

Thank you all for some great suggestions!

Answer 1

Are you asking if I had to choose 3 books that would be the only books that I'd read for the rest of my life, what would I choose?

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami.

The Stranger by Albert Camus.

Answer 2

Z for Zachariah - Robert C O'Brien

Z for Zachariah is a gripping, thought-provoking story about life after a nuclear holocaust, by a Newbery Medalist. This novel takes the form of the diary of a girl who survives a nuclear holocaust. She finds herself alone on a remote farm, until a stranger arrives - "Seemingly the only person left alive after a nuclear war, a sixteen-year-old girl is relieved to see a man arrive into her valley until she realizes that he is a tyrant and she must somehow escape."

The Magic Circle - Katherine Neville

Snake River, Idaho, 1989: Ariel Behn, a toxic materials expert, finds her life shattered when her cousin is slain. His shocking death leaves Ariel sole heir to a family legacy: a sinister cache of manuscripts that sweeps her into a mystery than spans the centuries...
Jerusalem, 32 AD: During the last week in the life of Christ, Emperor Tiberius works to decipher an age-old enigma. Whoever assembles and interprets the clues will possess
the power to control the world.
So begins a fascinating journey from the rise of the Roman Empire to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Dean Koontz Novels - Any and All but I especially like those about Odd Thomas.
PS The first persons answer with the novel by Nicholas Sparks - At First Sight - is a Dean Koontz psuedonym

Answer 3

Great Expectations, Charles Dickens

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

John Adams, David McCullough

Answer 4

1) Romance of the 3 Kingdoms. This book gives an account of the historical events that took place 2000 years ago in China. It started with the brotherhood of 3 heros, and together they tried to oppose the tyrant (Chao Chao) who was a great military strategist. Ultimately, China was divided by 3 overlords.
2) Great Expectation by Charles Dicken. Common folks' lives were depicted and seen through the eyes of a growing child, Pip, and the heartaches of love lost and found. A poignant tale.
3) Les Miserables. Touches our heart on the pitiful plight of a poor young man, and how he rose through adversities. Before we finished reading, we sometimes wonder why life had been so harsh on a simple person whose only crime was to feed hungry stomachs...........................

Answer 5

1. The Wonderful Al Quran
2. Encyclopedy
3. Dictionary

Answer 6

There's three that I'm waiting to read now ... once I've saved up the pennies (or Christmas is coming up!!):

1. Stephen King - Lisey's Story
2. Dean Koontz - Brother Odd
3. Terry Pratchett - Wintersmith

Actually I want more than 3 ... haven't mentioned Robin Hobb or Terry Goodkind latest yet ...

Answer 7

1. The Handmaid's Tale -- Margart Atwood
2. Riverside's Shakespeare Anthology
3. The Complete Works of John Donne

Probably will change in an hour....

Answer 8

1. Pride and prejudice - Jane Austen
2. Midnight in the garden of good & evil - John Berendt
3. Walking across Egypt - Clyde Edgerton

Answer 9

if the books that i have read i need to choose 3 then:
Pancham Vedas comprise of 4 veds along with the puranas, upnishads etc.

Answer 10

1.My sister's Keeper.
2.Hannah's Gift.
3.To Kill A Mockingbird