Powerful Books

[estherlouise]

Hey guys, need some help. I am really in need for a powerful read. Something that is either going to make me cry, laugh , think whatever. Just a book that makes me go WOW! So list the books that have affected you in some way or another.
I find it so hard to go into the book shop to look for a book, I feel overwhelmed and end up walking out with nothing.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts

 

[adorefaith]

illusions: the adventures of a reluctant messiah
conversations with god

these are two that really stand out for me....
....

 

[Deep Brunette]

James Frey's A Million Little Pieces

John Knowles' A Seperate Peace

Victor Hugo's Les Miserables

Dave Pelzer's A Child Called It

 

[eternitygoddess]

^ They say A Million Little Pieces is fake.

I would recommend the Poisonwood Bible, it's a beautiful portrayal of Africa although the book isn't about Africa.

 

[*Happiness*]

The Power of Now
Your Best Life Now
The FOur Agreements
The Mastery of Love

 

[lostgirl]

^ They say A Million Little Pieces is fake.

I would recommend the Poisonwood Bible, it's a beautiful portrayal of Africa although the book isn't about Africa.

Persoanlly I don't care if a million Little Pieces is total fiction. It certainly packs a punch. They say all writing is lying so I don't see how James Frey is different from any other writers (and that's nothing against writers. i love writers. I am a writer). Anyway here are some books that affected me strongly:
-Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (read if you like Charlotte Bronte, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins)
-One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Keasy (read if you like The Catcher in the Rye, A Million Little Pieces)
-The Bronze Horseman by Paulinna Simons (read if you like Gone With the Wind, The Thornbirds)
-Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (read if you liked the musical or film versions or epic novels)
-A Great and Terrible Beauty (read if you like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, or A Little Princess)
-The Quincunx by Charles Pellitser (read if you like Charles Dickens, or the DaVinci code)

 

[tangerine]

Ian McEwan - Atonement
Mary Doria Russell - The Sparrow

 

[lostgirl]

Ian McEwan - Atonement
Mary Doria Russell - The Sparrow

If you liked Atonement try The Cement Garden. I thinkit's McEwan's best novel.

 

[tangerine]

Thanks lostgirl, I will!

 

[Marvystone]

The Game-Neil strauss

TALK ABOUT INSIGHT!!

 

[peacelover142002]

summer sisters - judy blume

 

[eternitygoddess]

^ I read that book too!

 

[Gunpowder]

The Picture Of Dorian Gray
Of Mice And Men
Steppenwolf

 

[LucindaMay]

The Power of Now

 

[electricladyland]

beloved by toni morrison

fingersmith by sarah waters

 

[Marvystone]

yeah i read fingersmith it kind of shocked me, maybe because I was about 13 but it was good

 

[electricladyland]

^^ well, good thing you didn't read Tipping the Velvet at 13! that would've been truly shocking...

 

[Bluestar07]

Anything by Paulo Coelho gets to me.

 

[Marvystone]

^^ well, good thing you didn't read Tipping the Velvet at 13! that would've been truly shocking...

haha yeah I heard about that one but when I was young my parents let me read basically anything

 

[lostgirl]

yeah i read fingersmith it kind of shocked me, maybe because I was about 13 but it was good

I love the way it kept changing your perception.