By this I mean the book(s) that you read that was/were so good or influential to you that it’s something you suggest to everyone every chance you get.
Mine are:
– Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
– Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
– The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
– On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
– Dune by Frank Herbert
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Mordecai Richler. Joshua Then and Now.
J. D. Salinger. Franny and Zoey.
Cynthia Ozick. Trust.
Thomas Mann. Buddenbrooks.
Hermann Hesse. Narcissus and Goldmund.
The Urantia Book. Every time I finish it, I go back to page 1 and start over again because it affects me deeply on every page. I’m on my 4th reading, cover to cover and still can’t get enough of it.
“The Art of Eating” by MFK Fisher
“Kitchen Confidential” by Anthony Bourdain
“The Book of Disquiet” by Fernando Pessoa
“Walden” and “Civil Disobedience” by Thoreau
In no particular order:
* **The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell** by Robert Dugoni
* **Demon Copperhead** by Barbara Kingsolver
* **All The Light We Cannot See** by Anthony Doerr
* **A Thousand Splendid Suns** by Khaled Hosseini
* **The Pillars of the Earth** by Ken Follett (the entire Kingsbridge series is great)
* **The Lincoln Highway** by Amor Towles
* **The Goldfinch** by Donna Tartt
* **This Tender Land** by William Kent Krueger