Friday, June 3, 2011

What is a great life changing book you would recommend?

I need an AR book for school and I want a really good book that is very inspirational and heart-warming, and also a little sad. Any suggestions?What is a great life changing book you would recommend?Elsewhere

A Mango Shaped Space

Speak

Th1rteen R3asons Why

Winter Girls

Evolution, Me %26amp; Other Freaks Of NatureWhat is a great life changing book you would recommend?Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. It's about a gorilla who...changes a guy's life. It's very much fiction--the gorilla talks--but it's fascinating, and you'll see EVERYTHING differently for months afterward.What is a great life changing book you would recommend?Such a Pretty GirlWhat is a great life changing book you would recommend?Catcher in the Rye by SalingerWhat is a great life changing book you would recommend?you should read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. Its my favorite book . Its happy, sad and inspirational.What is a great life changing book you would recommend?The Road by Cormac McCarthy



Made me start reading books all the time. Easy to read, fairly short. It will make a huge impact on anyone who reads it.What is a great life changing book you would recommend?The lost boy



The Little Prince



Waterproof



Chicken Soup books



Fear ain't all that



The takersWhat is a great life changing book you would recommend?well, this are the books that are a big %26quot;eye%26quot; opener for me:



1. Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah(biography)-Learning to be strong amidst of trials and hardships

2. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (novel)- letting go of grief and sorrow.Life after the death of someone you love

3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini - the price of jealousy

4. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho - Pursuing your dreams

5. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen - Knowing one's inner self

6. A Step from Heaven by An Na (2001 National Book Award Nominee)What is a great life changing book you would recommend?Mutant Message Down Under by Marlo Morgan.Its a work of fiction inspired by her experiences in Australia where she goes on a walkabout through the Outback on a four month long journey with a remote tribe of nomadic Aboriginals.What is a great life changing book you would recommend?The book that immediately comes to mind for me is the book:



Life is so good by George Dawson and Richard... something



its an amazing book and true story about a black boy born in the late 1800's. He grows up going through the hard times in that time period i.e. segregation, discrimination, etc., he lives through the whole 20th century, and learns to read at the age of 92! its an amazing book and by all means one of my favorite!What is a great life changing book you would recommend?Gabriel Garcia Marquez-- One Hundred Years of Solitude

or

Love in the Time of Cholera



Kazuo Ishiguro-- The Remains of the Day



Ian McEwan-- Atonement



Victor Hugo-- Les Miserables



Kurt Vonnegut-- Slaughterhouse Five

or

Player Piano



Umberto Eco-- The Name of the Rose



Dostoyevsky-- The Brothers Karamazov





These will change your life, but they're not easy reads. I read constantly, every day, and have done so since I can remember; I've gone through hundreds of books, yet I can still remember where I was and what I was thinking when I read these books for the first time. Good luck finding one.