for me, there're 4 of them:
Hemingway"for whom the bell tolls"
Salinger "The catcher in the rye"
Marces "Hundred years of solitude"
and Fowles"The Magus" - this one just grabbed my heart and twisted it.
2006-11-22 07:31:19 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Brothers Karamazov.
2006-11-22 07:48:07 · answer #1 · answered by I'm Trying 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh my goodness, I have to agree with Lady on "Are you there God, It's me, Margaret". That book was read in a circle of best friends and we gained so much knowledge there.
Secondly, The Jungle--about the meat-packing houses that led to FDA regulations. What a gruesome book!
I also read and reread the book, "Catcher in the Rye". They made such a controversy about having this in our high school, it propelled us teens to seek it out even further.
I can't really decide on another specific one, because there are so many--I would list fifty here. But I will go with "A Child Called 'It'" by Dave Pelzer. This book made me suffer his anguish as a child and I cried while reading it.
2006-11-22 08:37:12 · answer #2 · answered by adstidamrn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work in a bookstore, so there have been too many to count. Here are some:
'Good News for a Change' by David Suzuki. Made me realize my purpose in life. It doesn't get much better than that.
'Elegant Universe' by Brian Greene. Made me think about the structure of our reality.
'The End of Faith' by Sam Harris. Made me really analyze the role of religion in our world from the point of view of an atheist. Very inflammatory, but so interesting.
All of these are non-fiction. I used to think non-fiction was only biographies and war stories, but now i read way more of it than fiction. I encourage anyone to take a look in the non-fiction section of your local bookstore, you might be surprised. Oh, and always try to support your small, independent neighborhood bookstore, not the huge book chains!
2006-11-22 08:06:14 · answer #3 · answered by rhythm.nbass 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. Tolkein - The Hobbit and LOTR. Rocked my world at 12 yrs old. Still rocks!
2. Old Yellow (cant remember the specific spelling!) made me cry at 12 yrs old!
3. All of Bill Brysons books - Because the guy is a serious comic genious!!!His last book about science is worth reading at least 20 times (I am on 6 so far!!!)
2006-11-22 07:41:34 · answer #4 · answered by fiercedong 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible By: The Author of all Authors
"When Dreams come true" By:Eric and Leslie Ludy
"Reflecting His Image" By:K.P Yohannon
The Series "The Journals of Corrie Belle Hollister"
2006-11-22 09:18:05 · answer #5 · answered by anoymous 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm great Q, I'd probably go back to African American suggestive titles ande lyrics, but farther back in many genres Rock took up percussion beats, and even in Jazz or blues pulling riffs and stuff and abstract note patterns. I wouldn't use country unless its for 3 chord melody stuff much farther back than the 90's, even then Id start with country bad boys. Dallas
2016-03-29 05:50:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Color Purple
We the Living- Ayn Rand
1984
The Propet- Kahlil Gibran
2006-11-22 08:02:45 · answer #7 · answered by LongAgo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
William Golding "Lord of Flies"
Henry Miller "Tropic of Cancer"
D.H. Lawrence "Women in Love"
and maybe all the books by George Orwell I've read
2006-11-22 07:37:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shane Claiborne -The Irresistible Revolution
George Orwell-- 1984 (The horror of the end I will not soon forget!)
2006-11-22 07:34:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
1984 - Orwell
The Giver ( can't remeber the author)
Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen
Are you there God, It's me Margaret - Judy Blume (?) I know, I know, but it was profound when I was 12 yrs old.
2006-11-22 08:20:12 · answer #10 · answered by Lady79 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋