Which is the book that you read simply moved you?

Question

which is the book you read that inspired you?why?

Answer 1

If tomorrow comes!! by sidney sheldon--it motivated me by giving me glimpses of a strong woman who even after hardship emerges a winner--sheldon always protrays strong women and his protagonist is always female--i love him!!!

Answer 2

Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need... He has such a great understanding of the human plight, of the trials of being in a strange and foreign place... like the Miami airport. He writes with such conviction and inspiration, one can't help but wonder what he's been through. I don't think I've been the same since I read that book. It made me laugh, then cry, then choke, then beg for mercy...


... No, seriously, Dave Barry is the greatest writer of our time. Which is a pretty good achievement for a humor-ex columnist.

Answer 3

I literally wept over the ending of Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy"...and I don't cry over much.

Other beautiful novels I love: Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, and Richard Matheson's "Somewhere In Time" (or "Bid Time Return," depending on the edition you buy).

For true spiritual inspiration, though, nothing beats the "Conversations With God" series by Neale Donald Walsch. The words in those books are truly ones to live by.

Answer 4

The 7 habbits of highly effective people by Stephen Covey.

Its a self help book, which says the only person who can change against circumstances is you and by doing so to be an inspiration to others. I am very much agree with his principles ( I am still trying to live according to them) and when you succseed you will find real happiness and contentment in your life. I think its worth reading.

Answer 5

The Dalai Lama's autobiography "Freedom in Exile" -simply amazing that someone could have those experiences and still have such a great attitude to life. Also "Anam Cara" by John O'Donohue (or anything else by him for that matter), "Under Sentence of Death" by Victor Hugo is sad but really made me think, it's an old but moving account of the last hours of a man waiting to die.

Answer 6

Many books have touched me, moved me to tears, anger, shame, joy. But these are a few of the books that I have read multiple times, and the words still strike that chord within.

JRR Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings"
Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice"
Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights"
Adelous Huxley's "A Brave New World"
George Orwell's "1984"
Stephen King's "The Stand"
Jonathan Foer's "Everything's Illuminated"
Annie Proulx's "Wyoming Stories" - "Brokeback Mountain" in particular

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Answer 7

Recent times: (about five years ago), Life of Pi -- survival at sea after shipwreck, discussion of religions, some facts of life, animal instincts etc.! Some years ago: Catalina, Tale of Two Cities -- two powerful novels! Even before that Far from the Madding Crowd -- typical Thomas Hardy, the character of Gabriel Oak ('more sinned against than sinning!')!

Answer 8

The Sea by John Banville, Inspired Writing and a lot of personal meaning to me.

Answer 9

Marley and Me. It was a fantastic book about one of the worlds worst dogs and how their owner coped. It was a really moving book, and when in the end the dog died, the owner couldn't get over it. Its a really moving book. I would suggest it to anyone!

Answer 10

King Fortis the Brave

Answer 11

Coma by Robin Cook
"Gripping...terrifying." (The New York Times)

"Strikes a deafening chord of terror." (The Washington Post)

The book that put Cook on the bestseller lists, Coma is the gripping story of patients who check into a hospital for "minor" surgery-and never wake up again...