Ten Books That Have Stayed With Me
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1
av Harper Lee
78,041 medlemmar
1,430 recensioner
½ 4.4
Rankning 18.4
Tillagt 2014-09-15, 08:34 AM
- 5 Members
- SqueakyChu, PitcherBooks, desertbloom, cej1027, MichelleAnza
2
58,574 medlemmar
912 recensioner
4.2
Rankning 14.73
Tillagt 2014-09-08, 06:47 PM
3
4,832 medlemmar
62 recensioner
½ 4.3
Rankning 12
Tillagt 2014-09-09, 12:16 PM
4
26,865 medlemmar
772 recensioner
3.9
Rankning 10.38
Tillagt 2014-09-10, 03:23 PM
- 3 Members
- timspalding, TheoClarke, Marissa_Doyle
- Förklaringar
- Marissa_Doyle: One of my top books of all time. I am in awe of the world she created.
5
3,673 medlemmar
75 recensioner
4.2
Rankning 10.04
Tillagt 2014-09-16, 09:50 PM
- 3 Members
- waitingtoderail, SqueakyChu, PitcherBooks
6
8,969 medlemmar
57 recensioner
½ 4.6
Rankning 9.71
Tillagt 2014-09-10, 05:09 PM
- 3 Members
- timspalding, Athabasca, cej1027
7
22,728 medlemmar
938 recensioner
3.8
Rankning 7.8
Tillagt 2014-09-10, 03:23 PM
- 3 Members
- SqueakyChu, Marissa_Doyle, TheTowers
- Förklaringar
- Marissa_Doyle: Haunting.
8
7,668 medlemmar
405 recensioner
4.1
Rankning 7.66
Tillagt 2014-09-10, 05:10 PM
- 3 Members
- timspalding, imyril, KimarieBee
- Förklaringar
- 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.
9
726 medlemmar
21 recensioner
3.9
Rankning 7.36
Tillagt 2014-09-13, 07:29 AM
- 2 Members
- imyril, SqueakyChu
- Förklaringar
- imyril: Haunting and horrifying.
10
av Donna Tartt
20,131 medlemmar
552 recensioner
4.1
Rankning 7.3
Tillagt 2014-09-13, 07:19 AM
- 3 Members
- imyril, SqueakyChu, ManWithAnAgenda
- Förklaringar
- 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
av Markus Zusak
44,544 medlemmar
2,118 recensioner
½ 4.4
Rankning 6.75
Tillagt 2014-09-09, 12:18 PM
- 3 Members
- KimarieBee, TheoClarke, ahef1963,gilroy
- Förklaringar
- ahef1963: I just read this a couple of months ago, but it's a work I will never forget. Both brilliant and devastatingly sad.
12
- 2 Members
- waitingtoderail, Charon07
13
av Azar Nafisi
12,925 medlemmar
279 recensioner
½ 3.6
Rankning 6.68
Tillagt 2014-09-13, 07:11 AM
14
av Jane Austen
80,089 medlemmar
1,363 recensioner
½ 4.4
Rankning 6.4
Tillagt 2014-09-09, 12:16 PM
- 2 Members
- desertbloom, ahef1963
- Förklaringar
- ahef1963: Pride & Prejudice is the first classic novel that I really enjoyed. It was the cross-over from childhood reading to adult reading.
15
34,703 medlemmar
269 recensioner
3.9
Rankning 5.92
Tillagt 2014-09-08, 06:48 PM
16
av George Eliot
17,621 medlemmar
330 recensioner
4.2
Rankning 5.82
Tillagt 2014-09-15, 11:21 AM
- 2 Members
- thorold, desertbloom
17
- 2 Members
- timspalding, smcwl
18
39,815 medlemmar
523 recensioner
4.1
Rankning 5.71
Tillagt 2014-09-15, 08:34 AM
- 2 Members
- SqueakyChu, PitcherBooks
19
av Alan Weisman
5,907 medlemmar
188 recensioner
3.8
Rankning 5.61
Tillagt 2014-09-10, 09:53 AM
20
- 2 Members
- Athabasca, PitcherBooks
21
- 2 Members
- SqueakyChu, Athabasca
22
2,347 medlemmar
32 recensioner
3.9
Rankning 5.14
Tillagt 2014-09-08, 06:49 PM
- 2 Members
- jillmwo, ManWithAnAgenda
- Förklaringar
- jillmwo: Two stories in this collection, April in Paris and The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
23
23,480 medlemmar
329 recensioner
4.1
Rankning 5.13
Tillagt 2014-09-08, 06:50 PM
- 2 Members
- jillmwo, PitcherBooks
- Förklaringar
- 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 medlemmar
681 recensioner
4.1
Rankning 5.13
Tillagt 2014-09-21, 06:01 PM
- 2 Members
- TheoClarke, Charon07
25
- 2 Members
- hipdeep, PitcherBooks
26
1,582 medlemmar
42 recensioner
½ 4.3
Rankning 5.02
Tillagt 2014-09-10, 03:21 PM
- 2 Members
- PitcherBooks, Marissa_Doyle
- Förklaringar
- Marissa_Doyle: Wonderful, spooky, truly captures the "otherness" of the Fae in folklore.
27
69,251 medlemmar
1,075 recensioner
3.8
Rankning 4.83
Tillagt 2014-09-16, 09:49 PM
- 2 Members
- waitingtoderail, desertbloom,cej1027
28
2,365 medlemmar
78 recensioner
4.1
Rankning 4.81
Tillagt 2014-09-16, 04:55 PM
- 2 Members
- KimarieBee, Athabasca
29
16,053 medlemmar
279 recensioner
4.2
Rankning 4.71
Tillagt 2014-09-09, 12:19 PM
- 2 Members
- ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
- Förklaringar
- 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.
32
20,511 medlemmar
330 recensioner
3.9
Rankning 4
Tillagt 2014-09-15, 11:05 AM
33
av J. M. Barrie
18,707 medlemmar
321 recensioner
3.9
Rankning 4
Tillagt 2015-04-16, 01:21 PM
- Member
- SomeGuyInVirginia
- Förklaringar
- 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.
34
av Herodotus
9,956 medlemmar
85 recensioner
4.1
Rankning 4
Tillagt 2014-09-10, 05:07 PM
- Member
- timspalding
38
62 medlemmar
5
Rankning 4
Tillagt 2014-09-10, 09:47 AM
39
av Pat Conroy
5,794 medlemmar
108 recensioner
4.1
Rankning 3.36
Tillagt 2021-11-12, 03:21 PM
- Member
- ManWithAnAgenda
41
av Primo Levi
2,288 medlemmar
32 recensioner
½ 4.5
Rankning 3.36
Tillagt 2014-09-15, 11:03 AM
42
av Alan Garner
1,916 medlemmar
48 recensioner
4
Rankning 3.36
Tillagt 2014-09-13, 07:01 AM
43
av Neil Postman
1,884 medlemmar
20 recensioner
3.9
Rankning 3.36
Tillagt 2016-06-07, 03:43 AM
- Member
- proximity1
45
46
av Myles Horton
255 medlemmar
2 recensioner
½ 4.4
Rankning 3.36
Tillagt 2017-04-26, 09:29 AM
- Member
- hipdeep
48
av Joan Sanders
6 medlemmar
1 recension
½ 4.5
Rankning 3.36
Tillagt 2014-09-10, 03:33 PM
- Member
- Marissa_Doyle
- Förklaringar
- Marissa_Doyle: I read this when I was a young teen, and it has profoundly affected how I write.
49
42,013 medlemmar
1,134 recensioner
4.1
Rankning 3.04
Tillagt 2014-09-13, 07:24 AM
50
av Evelyn Waugh
12,537 medlemmar
266 recensioner
4
Rankning 3.04
Tillagt 2014-09-15, 11:05 AM
52
av Oliver Sacks
5,408 medlemmar
114 recensioner
½ 3.7
Rankning 3.04
Tillagt 2014-09-10, 09:49 AM
55
av James Hilton
3,951 medlemmar
100 recensioner
3.9
Rankning 3.04
Tillagt 2014-09-08, 06:48 PM
57
2,656 medlemmar
41 recensioner
3.8
Rankning 3.04
Tillagt 2015-04-16, 01:10 PM
- Member
- SomeGuyInVirginia
- Förklaringar
- SomeGuyInVirginia: Même chose.
58
- Member
- smcwl
59
av Pamela Dean
890 medlemmar
24 recensioner
3.8
Rankning 3.04
Tillagt 2021-11-12, 03:22 PM
- Member
- ManWithAnAgenda
60
613 medlemmar
7 recensioner
4.2
Rankning 3.04
Tillagt 2014-09-09, 12:17 PM
61
578 medlemmar
4 recensioner
½ 4.3
Rankning 3.04
Tillagt 2014-09-10, 03:22 PM
- Member
- Marissa_Doyle
- Förklaringar
- Marissa_Doyle: Retelling of the classic of Welsh mythology. Just beautiful.
65
- Member
- timspalding
66
av Yann Martel
43,423 medlemmar
1,012 recensioner
3.9
Rankning 2.93
Tillagt 2014-09-14, 11:46 PM
- 2 Members
- SqueakyChu, KimarieBee,gilroy
67
Vete, vapen & virus : en kort sammanfattning av mänsklighetens historia under de senaste 13 000 åren
24,863 medlemmar
373 recensioner
4.1
Rankning 2.83
Tillagt 2014-09-10, 05:08 PM
- Member
- timspalding
68
av Jack London
19,892 medlemmar
320 recensioner
3.8
Rankning 2.83
Tillagt 2014-09-16, 04:29 AM
- Member
- KimarieBee
70
av Victor Hugo
14,062 medlemmar
176 recensioner
3.9
Rankning 2.83
Tillagt 2023-10-29, 12:02 PM
- Member
- Charon07
71
12,410 medlemmar
260 recensioner
4.1
Rankning 2.83
Tillagt 2014-09-16, 09:50 PM
- Member
- waitingtoderail
72
- Member
- smcwl
73
av Willa Cather
5,890 medlemmar
146 recensioner
4
Rankning 2.83
Tillagt 2014-09-16, 04:45 PM
- Member
- Athabasca
75
av Mark Helprin
4,695 medlemmar
139 recensioner
4
Rankning 2.83
Tillagt 2014-09-10, 03:31 PM
- Member
- Marissa_Doyle
- Förklaringar
- Marissa_Doyle: Haunting as well, but in a very different way from the Ishiguro.
76
av John Wyndham
1,820 medlemmar
51 recensioner
½ 3.7
Rankning 2.83
Tillagt 2014-09-13, 07:03 AM
78
475 medlemmar
4 recensioner
½ 3.3
Rankning 2.83
Tillagt 2015-04-16, 01:35 PM
- Member
- SomeGuyInVirginia
- Förklaringar
- SomeGuyInVirginia: Scared me to death as a kid.
79
220 medlemmar
14 recensioner
3.8
Rankning 2.83
Tillagt 2014-09-10, 09:50 AM
80
av Joy Adamson
134 medlemmar
1 recension
3.9
Rankning 2.83
Tillagt 2014-09-09, 12:17 PM
82
39,420 medlemmar
1,268 recensioner
4.1
Rankning 2.81
Tillagt 2014-09-13, 07:18 AM
- 2 Members
- imyril, KimarieBee,gilroy
- Förklaringar
- imyril: This stays with me for its haunting implications. Sad, sentimental, yet satisfying.
84
av John Wyndham
7,405 medlemmar
207 recensioner
4
Rankning 2.68
Tillagt 2014-09-16, 04:28 AM
- Member
- KimarieBee
85
av Guy Debord
2,860 medlemmar
27 recensioner
4
Rankning 2.68
Tillagt 2016-06-07, 03:47 AM
- Member
- proximity1
87
1,734 medlemmar
27 recensioner
4.1
Rankning 2.68
Tillagt 2014-09-10, 09:50 AM
90
1,058 medlemmar
8 recensioner
4
Rankning 2.68
Tillagt 2014-09-09, 12:18 PM
91
901 medlemmar
20 recensioner
4.2
Rankning 2.68
Tillagt 2014-09-08, 06:49 PM
92
- Member
- Charon07
93
36 medlemmar
1 recension
½ 4.6
Rankning 2.68
Tillagt 2014-09-10, 03:32 PM
- Member
- Marissa_Doyle
- Förklaringar
- Marissa_Doyle: One of the truly happiest books I've ever read.
97
av Günter Grass
7,562 medlemmar
93 recensioner
4
Rankning 2.56
Tillagt 2014-09-15, 11:14 AM
- Member
- thorold
98
2,676 medlemmar
32 recensioner
4
Rankning 2.56
Tillagt 2014-09-08, 06:50 PM
100
av Sheri Holman
250 medlemmar
3 recensioner
½ 3.3
Rankning 2.56
Tillagt 2023-10-29, 12:18 PM
- Member
- Charon07