Ten Books That Have Stayed With Me

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78,039 utenti
1,430 recensioni
½ 4.4
2
58,573 utenti
912 recensioni
4.2
3
4,834 utenti
62 recensioni
½ 4.3
3 Members
angekenn, ahef1963, TheTowers
Spiegazioni
ahef1963: This book was seminal as it awoke stirrings of social justice in me, and made me realize how much I take for granted.
4
26,865 utenti
772 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
timspalding, TheoClarke, Marissa_Doyle
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Marissa_Doyle: One of my top books of all time. I am in awe of the world she created.
5
3,673 utenti
75 recensioni
4.2
6
8,969 utenti
57 recensioni
½ 4.6
7
22,727 utenti
938 recensioni
3.8
3 Members
SqueakyChu, Marissa_Doyle, TheTowers
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Marissa_Doyle: Haunting.
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7,668 utenti
405 recensioni
4.1
3 Members
timspalding, imyril, KimarieBee
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imyril: I think I mostly just loved the idea of Jesuits in space, but I also loved the characters and the prose. Knowing it will end badly just added to the bittersweet pleasure.
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726 utenti
21 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
imyril, SqueakyChu
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imyril: Haunting and horrifying.
10
20,131 utenti
552 recensioni
4.1
3 Members
imyril, SqueakyChu, ManWithAnAgenda
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imyril: My Latin teacher made us read it. We were all deeply grateful, and then teased him mercilessly. Wonderfully dark, angst-ridden, alienating and alluring. Such prose and singular characters.
11
44,544 utenti
2,118 recensioni
½ 4.4
3 Members
KimarieBee, TheoClarke, ahef1963,gilroy
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ahef1963: I just read this a couple of months ago, but it's a work I will never forget. Both brilliant and devastatingly sad.
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22,213 utenti
297 recensioni
4.1
13
12,925 utenti
279 recensioni
½ 3.6
2 Members
imyril, mkbird
Spiegazioni
imyril: Enlightening, enthralling and inspiring.
14
80,091 utenti
1,363 recensioni
½ 4.4
2 Members
desertbloom, ahef1963
Spiegazioni
ahef1963: Pride & Prejudice is the first classic novel that I really enjoyed. It was the cross-over from childhood reading to adult reading.
15
34,702 utenti
269 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
imyril, jillmwo
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imyril: The only Tolkien I still dip back into. It shaped so much to follow, and shaped so many of my preferences.
jillmwo: His beautiful creation story -- I just love it.
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17,620 utenti
330 recensioni
4.2
17
4,200 utenti
80 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
timspalding, smcwl
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39,816 utenti
523 recensioni
4.1
19
5,908 utenti
188 recensioni
3.8
2 Members
mkbird, SylviaC
Spiegazioni
SylviaC: Provides some insight into our role and effect on the planet.
20
980 utenti
12 recensioni
4
21
4,178 utenti
65 recensioni
4.1
22
2,347 utenti
32 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
jillmwo, ManWithAnAgenda
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jillmwo: Two stories in this collection, April in Paris and The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
23
23,480 utenti
329 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
jillmwo, PitcherBooks
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jillmwo: I reread the Christmas chapter almost every year. I got this book as a gift on my 8th birthday before we moved to Bangkok.
24
17,588 utenti
681 recensioni
4.1
25
987 utenti
54 recensioni
½ 4.3
26
1,582 utenti
42 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
PitcherBooks, Marissa_Doyle
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Marissa_Doyle: Wonderful, spooky, truly captures the "otherness" of the Fae in folklore.
27
69,253 utenti
1,075 recensioni
3.8
28
2,365 utenti
78 recensioni
4.1
29
16,053 utenti
279 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni
ahef1963: My favourite book as a young teenager. As an adult I took my children to the museum a couple of times a month and we would figure out where we would live if we ran away to a museum.
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40,911 utenti
1,044 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
gilroy
31
26,256 utenti
396 recensioni
4
Member
Charon07
32
20,511 utenti
330 recensioni
3.9
Member
thorold
Spiegazioni
thorold: Needs no explanation
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18,707 utenti
321 recensioni
3.9
Member
SomeGuyInVirginia
Spiegazioni
SomeGuyInVirginia: My grandmother gave me this book for my birthday when I was very small. I was disappointed it wasn’t something more interesting, but it awakened my passion for books.
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9,956 utenti
85 recensioni
4.1
35
6,736 utenti
56 recensioni
4.2
36
2,426 utenti
59 recensioni
4.1
37
1,845 utenti
65 recensioni
3.8
Member
hipdeep
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62 utenti
5
Member
SylviaC
Spiegazioni
SylviaC: This was the book that I asked everyone to read to me, before I could read it myself.
39
5,794 utenti
108 recensioni
4.1
40
2,354 utenti
53 recensioni
½ 3.5
41
2,288 utenti
32 recensioni
½ 4.5
Member
thorold
Spiegazioni
thorold: A book that makes you think "If everyone read this, we could be sure it would never happen again"
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1,916 utenti
48 recensioni
4
Member
imyril
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imyril: I read this very young and it introduced me to the concept of satisfactory but unhappy endings. Also, the Earldelving. Gah.
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1,884 utenti
20 recensioni
3.9
44
1,414 utenti
12 recensioni
3.8
45
488 utenti
8 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
SylviaC
Spiegazioni
SylviaC: A childhood favourite. The wonder of that first pair of glasses, after years of being labeled as slow and clumsy.
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255 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 4.4
Member
hipdeep
47
199 utenti
11 recensioni
3.9
Member
Athabasca
48
6 utenti
1 recensione
½ 4.5
Member
Marissa_Doyle
Spiegazioni
Marissa_Doyle: I read this when I was a young teen, and it has profoundly affected how I write.
49
42,014 utenti
1,134 recensioni
4.1
Member
imyril
Spiegazioni
imyril: One of the first dystopian novels I ever read, which plays on several themes that are close to my heart.
50
12,537 utenti
266 recensioni
4
Member
thorold
Spiegazioni
thorold: The literary equivalent of an earworm: you know it's a bad book, but you can never get it out of your head...
51
7,473 utenti
192 recensioni
4.2
Member
Charon07
52
5,408 utenti
114 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
SylviaC
Spiegazioni
SylviaC: Made me look at listening in a whole different way.
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4,962 utenti
61 recensioni
4.1
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hipdeep
54
4,804 utenti
173 recensioni
4.2
Member
Athabasca
55
3,951 utenti
100 recensioni
3.9
Member
jillmwo
Spiegazioni
jillmwo: The idea of setting aside the culture and treasures of the ages so that they don't get destroyed.
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3,260 utenti
92 recensioni
½ 3.7
57
2,656 utenti
41 recensioni
3.8
Member
SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Même chose.
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1,046 utenti
15 recensioni
4
Member
smcwl
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890 utenti
24 recensioni
3.8
60
613 utenti
7 recensioni
4.2
Member
ahef1963
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ahef1963: The first fantasy novel (I read the trilogy in one volume) that I ever truly, deeply loved.
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579 utenti
4 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
Marissa_Doyle
Spiegazioni
Marissa_Doyle: Retelling of the classic of Welsh mythology. Just beautiful.
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206 utenti
8 recensioni
½ 4.3
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183 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.4
Member
mkbird
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10 utenti
2 recensioni
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43,423 utenti
1,012 recensioni
3.9
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24,863 utenti
373 recensioni
4.1
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19,892 utenti
320 recensioni
3.8
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18,979 utenti
343 recensioni
4
Member
hipdeep
70
14,061 utenti
176 recensioni
3.9
Member
Charon07
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12,410 utenti
260 recensioni
4.1
72
6,028 utenti
107 recensioni
3.8
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smcwl
73
5,890 utenti
146 recensioni
4
Member
Athabasca
74
4,956 utenti
107 recensioni
3.9
Member
thorold
75
4,695 utenti
139 recensioni
4
Member
Marissa_Doyle
Spiegazioni
Marissa_Doyle: Haunting as well, but in a very different way from the Ishiguro.
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1,820 utenti
51 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
imyril
Spiegazioni
imyril: This could as easily have been Triffids. Wyndham introduced me to apocalypse fiction, and I love both books for their evocative descriptions of a ruined London.
77
938 utenti
10 recensioni
½ 4.4
78
475 utenti
4 recensioni
½ 3.3
Member
SomeGuyInVirginia
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SomeGuyInVirginia: Scared me to death as a kid.
79
220 utenti
14 recensioni
3.8
Member
SylviaC
Spiegazioni
SylviaC: A protagonist I really related to.
80
134 utenti
1 recensione
3.9
Member
ahef1963
Spiegazioni
ahef1963: Started my life-long fascination with all things African.
81
6 utenti
½ 4.3
82
39,420 utenti
1,268 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
imyril, KimarieBee,gilroy
Spiegazioni
imyril: This stays with me for its haunting implications. Sad, sentimental, yet satisfying.
83
24,452 utenti
521 recensioni
4.1
Member
hipdeep
84
7,405 utenti
207 recensioni
4
85
2,860 utenti
27 recensioni
4
86
2,006 utenti
36 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
thorold
87
1,734 utenti
27 recensioni
4.1
Member
SylviaC
Spiegazioni
SylviaC: I like epidemic books, and this one was pretty comprehensive at the time.
88
1,454 utenti
26 recensioni
½ 3.7
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1,198 utenti
25 recensioni
4
Member
smcwl
90
1,058 utenti
8 recensioni
4
Member
ahef1963
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ahef1963: Explained to me, in layman's terms, the science of paleontology and awoke in me a love of the subject matter.
91
901 utenti
20 recensioni
4.2
Member
jillmwo
Spiegazioni
jillmwo: She explains some things so well. From Elfland to Poughkeepsie is an essay that has stuck with me.
92
898 utenti
15 recensioni
4
Member
Charon07
93
36 utenti
1 recensione
½ 4.6
Member
Marissa_Doyle
Spiegazioni
Marissa_Doyle: One of the truly happiest books I've ever read.
94
21,615 utenti
187 recensioni
4.1
95
8,739 utenti
144 recensioni
3.9
96
7,703 utenti
123 recensioni
3.9
97
7,562 utenti
93 recensioni
4
Member
thorold
98
2,676 utenti
32 recensioni
4
Member
jillmwo
Spiegazioni
jillmwo: It's the lifestyle as much as Norris' writing.
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250 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 3.3
Member
Charon07