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Top Ten Books That Make You Think (About The World, People, Life, etc.)
Hmm good topic this week! And, depending how you look at it, could be appropriate to the significance of today. I can’t believe another year has passed already… but I find with each passing year, everyone’s stories of where they were at that moment will still feel fresh in their minds. I wrote about my memories of 9/11 last year, here.
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
- Still Alice by Lisa Genova <– One of the first books I read that dealt with Alzheimer’s.. it still stands out in my mind.
- Push by Sapphire
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini <– I didn’t think Hosseini’s second book would strike me as amazing as his first one, but it did in different ways but both are phenomenal
- Room by Emma Donaghue
- Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua <– This book sparked so much controversy, but it definitely made me reflect on my own upbringing
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer <– A touching story about a child who misses his father after he dies in the World Trade Center… while the circumstances in the book might be at times disbelieving, it illustrates the impact that that day had on not only the spouses but the children of the victims.
- Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer <– Definitely something that sparks discussion… whether a glimpse into your future means you’re unable to change it.
I didn’t have too many comments on all my picks.. most I feel are pretty self explanatory!
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I have wanted to read A Thousand Splendid Suns since my classmate and friend did a presentation on that book a year and a half ago in literature class. I love books that make me think and this is a book I’ve decided to put on my bucket list since supposedly it was really, really good. Haven’t gotten the chance to get it from library because there’s always people who’ve borrowed it and I don’t like to wait on a queue or that I have a deadline, because there are people who’re waiting to get something after I’ve finished so.. it may have to wait just a little more
Still Alice is on my TBR, too. Thanks for sharing, got many new books to be added to my TBR list.
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I was much more brutally troubled by A Thousand Splendid Suns than by A Kite Runner. Both the books stayed in my mind for a long time after I read them, though.
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I still have to read The Help but as I’ve already seen the movie I know I’m going to really like the book. The rest I need to check out.
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Great picks!! I have only read two of those, but after reading your review for The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry I am definitely going to get to that one. My library has the audiobook of it so I am going to listen to it.
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A Thousand Splendid Suns made my list too and The Help almost made it. I forgot about Room – great choices!
Brandyn recently posted..Top 10 Books That Made Me Think
Some of these I have heard about before as being very intense, I need to try and fit a few in to read. Great list!
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Yay, I definitely agree with Room, Khaled Hosseini and the Help. Most of the others have been on my TBR list for a while, but I’d never before heard of Still Alice, and I’m definitely going to try to find a copy of that!
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Great picks! I loved both The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns– unlike a lot of people, I also actually preferred the Kite Runner, but Hosseini’s second book is incredible, too. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is a book which has always intrigued me, though I’ve never gotten around to reading it… my mother is kind of a tiger mother, haha. New email follower!
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Great list! I loved Room too =) It’s been a while since I stopped by, but I’m loving the new design! It’s so elegant and pretty.
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