Do you ever find yourself totally consumed by a book that it sticks with you? Too long?

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Anonymous wrote:Unaccustomed Earth - Jhumpa Lahiri.

I loved that too, so much.

Oh gosh, yes. I just downloaded her newest book.

Also, "One Day" by David Nicholls. It was a very cheesy movie, but I'm a sucker for a well-written love story.

The lowland is depressing.

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"Tuesdays with Morrie."

No one who has read that book can ever say their lives have been the same after reading that book.

Once you have read that book, your whole perspective on life changes + you are a completely different person.

Guaranteed.

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Whoever mentioned The Remains of the Day - totally. I remember one of the blurbs on the back described it as "quietly devastating" - a perfect description.

Atonement and We Need to Talk About Kevin also stuck with me long after I finished.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes! For me it was The God of Small Things. I was wrecked for weeks after finishing it. Also The Red Tent has stayed with me for years...beautiful work!

Ditto on the God of Small things -- OP here.

+2 The author was so good at capturing the sights and sounds and smells that I was right there during the monsoons and have thought about Estha and Rahel over the years.

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Anonymous wrote:Me Before You stuck with me a long time.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:My mom is still angry about the fact that I "made" her read the Flannery O'Connor short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find", which I thought was awesome. She brings this up 4 or 5 times a year, often to strangers. I was in 10th grade when I recommended it to her. She's been complaining for about 30 years at this point.

One of the best pieces of Southern Gothic ever written. But very, very dark.

No wonder your Mom still brings it up.

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Anonymous wrote:My mom is still angry about the fact that I "made" her read the Flannery O'Connor short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find", which I thought was awesome. She brings this up 4 or 5 times a year, often to strangers. I was in 10th grade when I recommended it to her. She's been complaining for about 30 years at this point.

One of the best pieces of Southern Gothic ever written. But very, very dark.

No wonder your Mom still brings it up.

Agree. Has stuck with me for 20 years now. Many of O'Connor's short stories, in fact.

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Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, a Thousand Splendid Suns. It was beautiful and heart breaking.

+1 I also loved (and didn't want them to end) To Kill a Mockingbird and The Thorn Birds

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The Nazi Officer's Wife by Edith Hahn Beer

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Anonymous wrote:Outlander.

Yes! Her books are so long and well-written that by the end I am completely engrossed. It takes me days to come back to reality. I just finished Written in My Own Heart's Blood last week and am still mourning the end.

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Anonymous wrote:Whoever mentioned The Remains of the Day - totally. I remember one of the blurbs on the back described it as "quietly devastating" - a perfect description.

Atonement and We Need to Talk About Kevin also stuck with me long after I finished.

Agree about both of these. I wouldn't say that I loved them (they were difficult to read - so many bad things happen) but they definitely stuck with me.

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Sophie's Choice and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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It's happened to me with books, but also with tv shows. I become a bit obsessed every now and then and turn into quite the juvenile fangirl.

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Anonymous wrote:My mom is still angry about the fact that I "made" her read the Flannery O'Connor short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find", which I thought was awesome. She brings this up 4 or 5 times a year, often to strangers. I was in 10th grade when I recommended it to her. She's been complaining for about 30 years at this point.

Flannery O'Connor is AMAZING. Your mom is nuts.