This is my favorite DCUM thread EVER--thank you!!
I'm a former English major and devour books every chance I can get and reading these lists brought back soooo many good memories, I have not heard of some of the books so I'm adding the$ to my Kindle list asap.
I can't believe there's someone else on this thread who cried at the end of Owen Meany! I read it on a beach in Belize 15 years ago with my then-boyfriend, now DH. He thought I was crazy and I didn't even try and explain
Other favs;
Fountainhead
Love in the Time of Cholera, Marquez, shaped my thinking about life and love on so many levels
Crossing to Safety, Stegner, such a beatiful story!
Cat's Eye, and anything by Atwood,really
Beloved and anything by Toni Morrison
Everything by Bronte. Jane Austen
House of Mirth
House of Spirits and almost everything else by Allende
Grapes of Wrath, OMG that final scene
On the Road
Confederacy of Dunces (love that someone else included it!)
I could go on and on...can't wait to hear others' favs