Anonymous
Post 07/19/2023 03:42     Subject: Re:Books you will remember on your deathbed
Anonymous wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_to_Go_Home!

I'm 50 and I read it when I was 8 or so and I still think of some of the scenes and chuckle when I am daydreaming on my way to work. I'm female btw.


This was one of my favorite books as a kid. I've introduced it to my own kids and they both agree that it's hilarious.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2023 12:37     Subject: Books you will remember on your deathbed
Anonymous wrote:A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. This book has stuck with me for years.


Omg YES. That book was amazing.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2023 12:04     Subject: Re:Books you will remember on your deathbed
Anonymous wrote:Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro


Ishiguro’s novels just stay with you. An Artist of the Floating World was particularly haunting, for me.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2023 11:47     Subject: Books you will remember on your deathbed
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. This book has stuck with me for years.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2023 11:01     Subject: Books you will remember on your deathbed
Anonymous wrote:Goodnight Moon


Aww, that's kinda sweet and fitting I think.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2023 11:00     Subject: Re:Books you will remember on your deathbed
Love that someone else mentioned, "Up a Road Slowly". Love that book. For me, the ones that I will remember are the all-immersive experience I felt reading them. Like Winds of War which someone also mentioned.

Some others:
  • Lord of the Rings triology
    Chocolate by Janne Harris
    Mama Day by Gloria Naylor
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    Betsy-Tacy series from childhood
    Harry Potter - I can't help it - I loved reading these books as an adult.
    • Anonymous
    Post 07/18/2023 11:00     Subject: Re:Books you will remember on your deathbed
    The Bible?
    Anonymous
    Post 07/18/2023 10:52     Subject: Re:Books you will remember on your deathbed
    Anonymous wrote:
    Anonymous wrote:F-ing Atonement by Ian McEwan. My DH swore to me that I had gotten through the most heartbreaking part of this accursed book half way through, but he’s a bloody liar. I cried so hard on the metro at the end that people were demonstrably kind to me because they thought I had suffered a tragic loss or was mentally ill. I will always remember their kindness and DH’s betrayal.


    Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment, but I just added this to my library waitlist based on your post.


    Same!! I like sad painful books, I think.
    Anonymous
    Post 07/17/2023 16:44     Subject: Books you will remember on your deathbed
    Testament of Youth
    Anonymous
    Post 07/15/2023 08:56     Subject: Books you will remember on your deathbed
    The Cider House Rules by John Irving

    Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
    Anonymous
    Post 07/14/2023 17:19     Subject: Books you will remember on your deathbed
    Anonymous wrote:A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - it seemed to mark a time in my young life of transition and so I would think that it would be fitting to think of it during another transition.


    I loved that book - just finished it on Audible. In the last year, I also loved and plan to reread Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Hello Beautiful.
    Anonymous
    Post 07/14/2023 17:14     Subject: Books you will remember on your deathbed
    A Prayer for Owen Meany
    Anonymous
    Post 07/14/2023 17:11     Subject: Books you will remember on your deathbed
    Green Eggs and Ham
    Anonymous
    Post 07/14/2023 12:14     Subject: Books you will remember on your deathbed
    Goodnight Moon
    Anonymous
    Post 07/14/2023 12:06     Subject: Re:Books you will remember on your deathbed
    Bhagwat Gita.

    Because it will make it very clear that my soul is just leaving my old body. A peaceful normal death surrounded by your loved ones is a blessed relief of reaching the finishline of this journey.

    My last wish - that I do not worry about unfinished business.