What has been the most memorable book you've ever read?

Question

This can include the Bible, fiction, non-fiction. The important thing for me is that you're able to share it with the others.

Answer 1

Within the last couple years....
John Perkins : Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

This book was so powerful to me because it opened my eyes to how the US gov. bulldogs other countries for the economic benefits of corporate America.


As a kid... Island of the Blue Dolphins
That book opened my world to reading and imagination.

Answer 2

Hello Sin,

I found this surprisingly difficult to answer. I’ve read so many books that had affected me so profoundly, and I’m quite spoilt for choice, really.

Maybe I could just share with you all a little something on this book I’ve read some time ago that had succeeded in moving me so emotionally until I actually cried like a baby. It was a novel by Jeffrey Archer entitled The Prodigal Daughter.

It was a story about the life of a daughter of a Polish immigrant, Florentyna Rosnovski, whose dreams of being the first women President of the United States of America began very early in her childhood years. The story told of the plight of an intelligent little girl rising above poverty and racial discrimination and grew up paving her own way in making her dreams come true.

It was a story of profound courage in the face of uncertainty, the courage of a woman surviving in a male-dominated world and still maintaining her composure and steely determination even after a tragic loss in her personal life. It was this loss that hit me like a ton of bricks, and I really had felt for her.

I won’t say more because I might be giving too much away, just in case any of you would want to pick the book up. But I do recommend it, especially for the career ladies out there.

Have a good day/night everyone!

Answer 3

All of the books in the Narnia series by C.S.Lewis.
But especially:

'The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe' &
'The magician's nephew' &
'The voyage of the Dawn Treader'

These are books from my childhood which i have re-read many times as an adult and always find them just as exciting as the first time i read them!

They are full of exciting imagination and warm companionship. The were always a safe haven away from an unpredictable and scary world.

Answer 4

"Drowning Ruth" was an exceptionally good book. The plot had twists and turns in it that I did not expect. Actually, though, the most memorable book for me is "The Hundred Dresses", a children's book that was my all time favorite. It got lost and my daughter was able to find a copy online and gave it to me for Christmas! I read it over again just for fun!!

Answer 5

Most memorable - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Favorite all-time - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Answer 6

V.C. Andrews Flowers In The Attic. That book scared the crap out of me. My mom was reading it when I was a young teen and had left it in the bathroom. While I was in there I picked it up and started reading it. It has been more than 20 yrs and I have never forgotten that book.

Answer 7

Hands down the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy by Douglas Adams.

Second is the rest of Douglas Adams' books

Answer 8

My Favourite Authors Kate Chopin, her writings inspire the woman in me, the person in me and my individuality. Not as someones daughter, wife or mother...just me..unbound and free...
In her novel "The Awakening" which was condemned by most men as "shocking" and "immoral". It is the story of a young matron's gradual awakening to her own sexual and individual "being," and longing for an independence that society would not permit her. It ends in suicide.

Answer 9

Fountainhead. Ayn Rand.
Could not put it down. Fell in love for the first time after reading that book.

Answer 10

There are only two types of people in this world: Those who have read "The Tartar Steppe (by Dino Buzzati, 1945)" and those who haven't.