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NotBorris t1_j9f1zhm wrote

Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susana Clarke

Till We Have Faces by C.S Lewis

Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger

What about you?

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rudebish t1_j9f2muk wrote

ooooo this is a hard question because there are SO MANY awesome books. I can't just pick one so I will list them:

  • red rising series
  • the power of the dog series
  • Pet Sematary
  • The Shining
  • IT
  • The kite runner
  • all the light we cannot see
  • a prayer for Owen Meany
  • the nightingale
  • Pachinko
  • Ember in the Ashes series
  • The kitchen house / glory over everything
  • song of Achilles
  • Underground railroad
  • the power of one

i could go on and on but then this will be a longass comment lol

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--------rook t1_j9f30qr wrote

Iain Reid's I'm Thinking of Ending Things took me on a trip unlike any other. Some parts terrified me genuinely, and I haven't found another book that made me feel like that. I asked for suggestions on r/horrorlit and there were a lot of good ones, but to this day I haven't found its match.

A Touch of Jen was also a fun ride. If you haven't heard of it, please don't look it up. Just go in blind :p

To Paradise has its flaws, but Hanya Yanagihara's writing is just so captivating. I wish I could forget the last story and read it again.

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rudebish t1_j9f39nz wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,899,852)

alrighty then.

  • the house in the cerulean sea
  • under the whispering door
  • Roots
  • Kane and Abel
  • The cursebreaker series
  • defy the night series
  • The princess bride
  • The storied life of AJ Fikry
  • She's come undone
  • the silence of the lambs
  • the book thief
  • memoirs of a geisha
  • the hunger games (SHUT UP THIS WAS A FUN READ, OK 🤣)
  • the passage series (by Justin Cronin)
  • The stand
  • Swan song
  • To kill a mockingbird
  • handmaid's tale
  • Ender's game
  • Old man's war series
  • The godfather
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EnragedWallnut2 t1_j9f3atg wrote

Red rising series by pierce brown and way of kings by Brandon Sanderson

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mireailles t1_j9f3sqg wrote

The Last Unicorn, Divisadero, Never Let Me Go, The Kite Runner, Shipping News, Lives of Girls and Women, Oryx and Crake, His Dark Materials series

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rudebish t1_j9f3u4f wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,899,940)

OK, I have been trying to read that book for over 10 years....but holy fuck does it get better because I keep getting bored 😬

I also forgot to add A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry.

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[deleted] OP t1_j9f45wm wrote

Replying to rudebish (#1,899,992)

Hahaha I wont lie I'm someone who is used to reading fast paced books and east of eden can be slow but idk something about it makes me wanna keep reading. Also the amount of ppl who have said it's their favourite book of all time has me intrigued. I need to experience it for myself

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Beiez t1_j9f49oy wrote

The Road by Cormarc McCarthy. That book had me in such a tight grip I couldn‘t think about anything else until I had finished it

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Oscarmaiajonah t1_j9f4hsw wrote

The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann

Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett

Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith

In Search Of Lost Time by Marcel Proust.

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rudebish t1_j9f4s6a wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,900,030)

that's the only reason I keep trying; people are saying it's a fantastic book but whenever I try to read it, I'm waiting to be blown away but I keep wanting to throw it against the wall because it's soooo slow.

It took me about the same time to read A Fine Balance but when I finally did, it totally blew me away....so I keep going back to Eden hoping for the same experience but so far, zilch ☹️

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Potential_Molasses83 t1_j9f5sq0 wrote

I'd say Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins. Honestly the best ending to a story I've ever read.

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rudebish t1_j9f68eh wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,900,217)

LOL same same....I work and I'm like oh look, work email .....scrolls reddit

enjoy the books that everyone has reco'd! I'm also perusing and adding to my TBR after I finish my current book (Cloud Cuckoo land which is another book that took me forever to stick to and I'm so glad I came back to this because it's damn good. Same author as All the light we cannot see and holy shit, this dude can fucking write ).

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Airkinn t1_j9f6bnd wrote

The Secret History by Donna Tartt. It was just everything I wanted in a book and more!

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[deleted] OP t1_j9f6of7 wrote

Replying to rudebish (#1,900,291)

Bruhh I bought all the light we can see years ago and its rotting on my shelf. I've started it from the beginning thrice idk why the hell I can never get thru. The problem is I've gathered so many new books over the years that the I cant bring myself to look at the old ones lmao

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disgruntledgrumpkin t1_j9f6phu wrote

Not being able to read the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams for the first time more than once has always made me sad.

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rudebish t1_j9f83gf wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,900,335)

All the light is so beautifully written it fucking hurts..... I have never said that about any book before and I've been consistently reading for over 35 years. I'm not one to fawn over beautiful prose and all that but goddamn, that was an incredible book. I read The Nightingale right after and holy shit, two incredible books back to back it was almost as good as sex. Those two books gave me massive book hangover for months. Ever had that? when you read a book/books so good that everything else after it enrages you because it's no where near as good and you scream THIS FUCKING SUCKS at everything else? Just me? alrighty, then.....

I reco'd all the light to one of my friends AND SHE CALLED IN SICK AT WORK AND FINISHED IT IN ONE DAY lol.

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[deleted] OP t1_j9f8jbo wrote

Replying to rudebish (#1,900,494)

WOAHHH imma need to read it soon then . Maybe my taste isnt very developed haha I'm only 18. But I've been hearing this alot about that book so I definitely plan on reading it once in my life. And the fact that ur co worker called in sick to finish it. I love that .

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bags718 t1_j9f9jom wrote

The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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HobbitsInTheTardis t1_j9fdjpr wrote

Probably between Lord of the Rings The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova Pratchett Discworld (not sure which one- I haven't read all of them yet so there's some I have still have the opportunity to experience for first time)

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Glarbluk t1_j9feyus wrote

The final Wheel of Time book if I can't redo the whole series. Simply put the last book of series would be the only one that made sense and it is such a satisfying conclusion

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AToolOfIgnorance t1_j9ff6b3 wrote

There are a lot of books I have loved, but these two I would love to forget about and read again for the first time: A Prayer for Owen Meany Flowers for Algernon

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magneticsquares t1_j9ffcly wrote

Atonement by Ian McEwan, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Stardust by Neil Gaiman

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idlestuff t1_j9fha1b wrote

ACOTAR or the Shatter Me Series!!!

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aluvkaez t1_j9fiv48 wrote

can’t pick between them so i’ll just list all 3😭

• Amelia Unabridged (Ashley Schumacher)

• The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea (Axie Oh)

• Caraval (Stephanie Garber)

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politicalwh0re64 t1_j9fje8k wrote

mornings in jenin

the kite runner

beloved

invisible man

against the loveless word

pride and prejudice

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Slight_Elk6249 t1_j9fli13 wrote

These are just the ones that come to mind right now, but I'm sure there's more:

— Dune by Frank Herbert

— Hyperion by Dan Simmons

— 11/22/63 by Stephen King

— Brilliance by Marcus Sakey

— Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale

— The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith

— The Gray Man by Mark Greaney

— I'd Like To Play Alone Please by Tom Segura

— Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

— The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

— Little Big Man by Thomas Berger

— Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

— The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

— Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

— The Martian by Andy Weir

— A Gentleman In Moscow by Amor Towles

— The Drop by Dennis Lehane

— The Road by Cormac McCarthy

These come to mind either because they got me hooked on a specific author for a while, or they got me into a specific genre, but they're all wonderful either on their own, or the start to a great series. And I'm not sure how many comedians have written books, but Tom Segura's is genuinely funny. Haven't laughed while reading a book like that maybe ever.

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PrairieGirlWpg t1_j9foh5a wrote

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern and Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery

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anthonyjg12 t1_j9frev0 wrote

If I had to pick one, it would be Black Swan Green by David Mitchel.

But others that come to mind are

Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

On Beauty by Zadie Smith and

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

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previouslyonimgur t1_j9ftcva wrote

Every book in the stormlight archive series The first 6 and last 3 wheel of time books The cradle series by will wight Tress of the emerald sea

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TheDunhamnator t1_j9ftgim wrote

Nemesis Games, the 5th book of the Expanse series. I was reading this at the same time as a friend of mine and I remember constantly texting him, checking where he was, because I really needed to talk about everything that was happening.

When I finished, I remember hoping that they would not cancel the tv series before season 5, because I really needed to see it on the screen.

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mikarala t1_j9fu9f2 wrote

Maybe HP and the Sorcerer's Stone? I liked reading before then, but that's when I fell in love with reading.

Otherwise, Piranesi was a really fun book to read for the first time because you have no idea what's going on for the first 100 pages or so.

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a-g1rl-has-no-name t1_j9fuuo3 wrote

The Secret History by Donna Tartt and Maurice by E.M. Forster. I started Maurice before a vacation and finished it during vacation because I was reading on the beach, in restaurants, and in taxis. Usually I can't concentrate when surrounded by a crowd but I could not put that book down, my emotions were all over.

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5midge t1_j9fv5ix wrote

Seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Great book!

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Mutant_Jinx t1_j9fx89z wrote

The Way of Kings - It's been, is, and probably will be my favorite book, for a long, looooooong time.

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LittleJessiePaper t1_j9fxy5f wrote

Great Expectations. I was obsessed with it at 12, and even though I’ve read it several times throughout adulthood the magic will never be quite the same.

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dudeitshop t1_j9fz0ss wrote

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote is one that really sticks out for me. I read it in high school around the time the movie with Philip Seymour Hoffman came out and changed my whole outlook on non fiction.

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books-ModTeam t1_j9fzw6a wrote

Hi there. Per rule 3.3, please post book recommendation requests in /r/SuggestMeABook or in our Weekly Recommendation Thread. Thank you!

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beetlePidge t1_j9g047c wrote

Any of Roald Dahl’s children’s books.

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Airkinn t1_j9g60f8 wrote

Replying to redditorknot (#1,903,168)

Me too! It’s by far my favourite book and I now have 3 copies of it, I hope you enjoy it! I’m currently reading her book The Goldfinch and it’s great, but nothing compares to TSH

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FitFuck25 t1_j9gf8q7 wrote

Replying to 5thCap (#1,900,915)

don't know why people don't talk about this book in The Greatest List, but by far this is my favorite. It took me on a whole journey and at end I was speaking like characters in this book.

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5thCap t1_j9gg4ad wrote

Replying to FitFuck25 (#1,904,917)

I'm surprised as well. I work in the antique industry and avoided this book like the plague because all the "collectibles" (plates, dolls, etc) annoyed me (I've never seen the movie). Finally one day I was desperate for a historical fiction and found the audio book for free on youtube, and oh my goodness! It quickly became a favorite. The narrator, Linda Stephen's, did an amazing job!

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