You know that feeling — when a book just completely pulls you in, and you’re living in its world for days? I’m talking about the kind of book that left you stunned, emotionally wrecked, or just in awe of the writing. The kind of experience you wish you could bottle and relive again.
What book gave you that feeling?
Fiction or nonfiction, doesn’t matter — I’d love to hear what book you’d choose if you could wipe your memory and start fresh.
Please share why it hit so hard. I’m hoping to find my next obsession.
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The Song of Achilles, The Golem and the Jinni, Remarkably Bright Creatures, What the Wind Knows.
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I often re-read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, chasing the high and adventure I felt when I first read it in high school. It still hits, but it’ll never be the same as that first time.
The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard. Just a beautifully written book that I enjoyed as someone who gets obsessed by work.
A basic (obvious?) suggestion but for me Harry Potter is the first one that comes to mind! I got into the books in my mid 20s and really dived into the world, i think i read the whole thing in a matter of months (i had watched the movies before and was not unfamiliar to the world but it does not compare) and I really loved it so much, I remember thinking I wish I could forget about it and just to start over again