What is the Best Book you've ever read?

[NMAmy]

To Kill a Mockingbird is my hands down favorite. I love a book that can make me laugh AND make me cry.

 

[minniebeth]

Several have mentioned Stephen King's The Stand...while it's not my favorite, it's a book that has stuck with me for years--still can't drive through a tunnel without thinking about it!

My all time favorite: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See.
Hard to pick just one, but this book really spoke to me.

Another one I think about a lot is The Glass Castle by Jeanette Wells.

 

[The Orchid]

The Stand, Harry Potter, and the Golden Compass series.

 

[PatsGirl]

hands down...The Giver

This was DD's assigned summer reading this year. I read it the day we picked it up ~ good choice for preteens I think Can't wait to read her paper on why "Utopia" isn't possible.

 

[Kitty 34]

Thorn Birds and almost every book by Ann Rule.

 

[mjkacmom]

Several have mentioned Stephen King's The Stand...while it's not my favorite, it's a book that has stuck with me for years--still can't drive through a tunnel without thinking about it!

My all time favorite: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See.
Hard to pick just one, but this book really spoke to me.

Another one I think about a lot is The Glass Castle by Jeanette Wells.

I loved The Stand, Snow Flower, and The Glass Castle! I also loved The Lovely Bones, The Red Tent, and just read some really good ones, The Help, and Still Alice. I read about 2 books a month, so it's really hard to pick.

 

[Lauralee131]

Tough one, and I've been noting some that I should check out thanks to others' responses, but 2 that really affected me that I didn't see noted...

Tuesdays With Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven

I also really loved the Kingdom Keepers books too

 

[MarkBarbieri]

Most fun/engrossing - The Lord of the Rings
Biggest effect on my personality - Les Miserables
Biggest effect on my philosophy - Free to Choose

I continue to find books that I love, but the impact is lessened by having more life experience. The three books listed above captured me more thoroughly because I was younger and had less exposure to other books and ideas.

 

[mrsdon]

This is a childrens book but it was my sons favorite and I feel like it still gives an imporrtant message
We cried everytime we read it

The Giving Tree

 

[EthansMom]

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. It's a classic tale of vengeance... and so well written.

 

[sms]

A Time To Kill
Needful Things
Left Behind Series
I love Danielle Steele
In school it was The Cantebury Tales.

 

[raysnkaysmom]

I don't read alot...but some that stand out to me
Audrey Rose by Frank De Felitta
Twilight (yeah, I know , but I loved it!)
Many Waters by Madeline L'Engle

 

[portia9]

If I have to choose I would say Pride and Prejudice.

 

[vettechick99]

My absolute favorite is East of Eden by Steinbeck.

 

[Took]

I love books! So hard to pick one, or even to pick a few, but I'll try:

Jane Eyre (Bronte)
Sula (Morrison)
Pride and Prejudice (Austen)
The English Patient (Ondaatje)
Heart of Darkness (Conrad)
And Then There Were None (Christie)
Anything by George Eliot.

If I HAD to pick
one favorite, it would be Middlemarch. I re-read it every year and, sometimes, twice in a year.

 

[The Princess]

So many...but one that stands out in my head now (probably because I just finished it) Firefly Lane.

 

[DalGal]

My top 3 (and probably how I'd rank them if someone MADE me):

To Kill A Mockingbird
She's Come Undone
The Shack


Others that I love and reread: The Stand, Lonesome Dove, Good In Bed, Insomnia, City of Ember Series, Pride and Prejudice, Sookie Stackhouse and Rachel Morgan series

 

[Keli]

Best book? The Bible, hands down. I've read it through more than once, memorized many passages, and I try to live my life by the principals contained within it. Definitely the most influencial book I've ever read.

But I think I had a strong emotional/mental response to both Roots and To Kill a Mocking Bird. Other literary works have influenced me also but I just remember my intese feelings regarding both of those books. Of course I read both of them at a young age (roots at 12yrs old, to kill a mocking bird at 14yrs) so that might be why they imprinted on me so deeply.

 

[Tarheel Tink]

Another one who says choosing books is like choosing a favorite child but I as many times as I read them I could read them a million more..The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. Love love love them I laugh out loud and cry and disappear completely into their world

Ditto!

 

[raysnkaysmom]

My absolute favorite is East of Eden by Steinbeck.

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