Like love at first sight, love at first read is a play on words. I’ve read plenty of books that I enjoyed, that moved me, that had me laughing, but books I would say that I actually loved, remember fondly and would consider rereading are a shorter list for me.
What is everyone’s list of books that they’ve absolutely loved?
by Neon_Aurora451
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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and, very recently (finished it yesterday), Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin. I fell in love with the language and descriptions the first time I read them. With Rebecca, the plot itself has an element of mystery and looming dread – a feeling that something’s going to go very, very wrong all the time – that I love, and every time I reread that book, it’s like reading it again for the first time in a way because there’s so many ways in which the plot can be interpreted.
It’s a go too recommendation here we go again I’m trying to get everyone to read it lol
A gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles
A historical fiction about a count in Russia who is politically placed under house arrest at a 5 star hotel. It spans from 1922 to 1964. It’s a long book but I flew through it. Count Rostov might be the most lovable and memorable character I have read about in a long time. The subtlety of Towles’s narration to weave in true historical Russian history with his narrative was nothing short of amazing. And it had some of the best theological, psychological quotes that I have read. And it ends on a positive note