Books That "Speak" to You?

**AmyBoz** · 04-13-2008, 08:19 PM

I was just looking at a pile of books on my mantle and was thinking about how much I truly loved some of them. How I would have to go back a few pages to re-read paragraphs that were so beautifully written. How I got totally lost in the story and had no idea how they were going to end. I don't mean just books, here...I mean literature that is written like it's an art.

Do you have any books like that? And, again, not to sound snooty, but I don't mean like "I enjoy books by Dean Koontz" (which I do, thoroughly, by the way) but I mean books that really meant something to you.

My 3 top ones are:

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Out Stealing Horses Per Pettersen
The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon

**Cricket1** · 04-13-2008, 08:26 PM

Definitely "The Alchemist".

**AmyBoz** · 04-13-2008, 08:27 PM

Ooh, Cricket...by Paolo Coehlo??? I read that one years ago. Loved it!!! I'd definitely agree with that one!

**miss_thrifty** · 04-13-2008, 08:28 PM

the choice by Nicholas spark
blue moon by handeland

**Cricket1** · 04-13-2008, 08:30 PM

Yes, Paolo Coehlo! I couldn't remember his last name. Loved that book.

**StartingOver** · 04-13-2008, 09:12 PM

Karen Kingsbury and her "Redemption" series.

**forHISglory** · 04-13-2008, 10:31 PM

Gone With The Wind and The Great Gatsby.

I absolutely lost my self in these other centuries and decades, and I can remember all the little details from when I read them. Not just details about the books, but details about where I was, and what I wore, etc.

For example, I read Gone With The Wind in 3 days and nights, with a flashlight under my quilt at night, dressed in my baby doll PJs. I read it at meals, while in the bathroom, and while riding the bus to school. Literally, I could not put it out of my hand!

I tend to get totally absorbed in books.

**McD** · 04-14-2008, 10:35 AM

Gone with the Wind! I can still sit and read and reread that books. Also, there is a fiction series for younger kids call the Dark is Rising and I read and reread that. I fell in love with it as a kid and I still love it to this day.

**C@rol** · 04-14-2008, 11:28 AM

The Red Tent - Anita Diamant is one for me.

**tbs727** · 04-14-2008, 11:34 AM

Shining Through by Susan Isaacs. I get so lost in the war scenes I forget reality.

Also, The Mark of The Lion Series by Francine Rivers.

**Jskell911** · 04-14-2008, 05:01 PM

My list would have to include:

Dante's Inferno (I have read this over and over)

and

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

I am sure I'll think of more later. I read alot LOL

**Hannahs mom** · 04-15-2008, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by Cricket1

Definitely "The Alchemist".

I've heard this title mentioned - what's it about - I know I could google it but talking to a person that's actually read it is sooo much better than reading the inside of the book cover!

**FrugalWitch** · 04-15-2008, 08:06 PM

In no particular order:

Gone With the Wind
To Kill a Mockingbird
LOTR trilogy
Mists of Avalon
Lolita
Dangerous Liaisons

**Jskell911** · 04-15-2008, 11:42 PM

Originally Posted by Hannah's mom

I've heard this title mentioned - what's it about - I know I could google it but talking to a person that's actually read it is sooo much better than reading the inside of the book cover!

Was kinda curious about this one as well!