Books that made you...

[Libra6Poe]

6) One book that made you wish had never been written: The Bible. Or the Koran. Or both.

The reason being that those two books between them have been responsible for some of the worst horrors in human history. To say nothing of the "be fruitful and multiply" stuff which is the basis of population increases that the planet can't handle. But if you think it's likely to seriously offend people, I'm quite happy to leave well alone.

IMO, you can't really blame the book(s), just the people and what they take from it. Same as guns - people kill people.

 

[impalpable]

1) One Book that made you read it More Than Once:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Steven Chbosky

2) One book you would want on a desert island:
Collected poetry of John Keats

3) One book that made you laugh:
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

4) One book that made you cry:
Disgrace by JM Coetzee

5) One book that made you wish you had written:
A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews

6) One book that made you you wish had never been written:
The Secret

7) One book you are currently reading:
Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth

8) One book you have been meaning to read:
1984 by George Orwell

9) One book that changed your life:
Age of Iron by JM Coetzee

 

[Bacherries]

1) One Book that made you read it More Than Once: Where the Wild Things Are

2) One book you would want on a desert island: The Oxford English Dictionary


3) One book that made you laugh: The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat


4) One book that made you cry: The Time Travellers Wife


5) One book that made you wish you had written: The Content of the Form


6) One book that made you you wish had never been written: None - since even terrible books can teach us not to reproduce.


7) One book you are currently reading: The Elephant Vanishes


8) One book you have been meaning to read:War & Peace


9) One book that changed your liferomises Promises

 

[Hyrox]

1) One Book that made you read it More Than Once:
Angels and Demons - Dan Brown


2) One book you would want on a desert island:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

3) One book that made you laugh:
The Hobbit - Tolkien

4) One book that made you cry:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling

5) One book that made you wish you had written:
The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follet

6) One book that made you you wish had never been written:
Cry, The Beloved Country

7) One book you are currently reading:
The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand

8) One book you have been meaning to read:
Finnegan's Wake - James Joyce

9) One book that changed your life:
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

 

[Leeny]

1) One Book that made you read it More Than Once: Little Women


2) One book you would want on a desert island: The Sea of Trolls


3) One book that made you laugh: New Moon (because Bella is so stupid!)


4) One book that made you cry: A Night to Remember


5) One book that made you wish you had written: The Squad: Perfect Cover


6) One book that made you wish had never been written: Twilight


7) One book you are currently reading: The Squad: Killer Spirit


8) One book you have been meaning to read: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall


9) One book that changed your life: Trudy

 

[Chasing_Strange]

1) One Book that made you read it More Than Once: Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

2) One book you would want on a desert island: a book on how to survive on a desert island, lol

3) One book that made you laugh: eat pray love by Elizabeth Gilbert

4) One book that made you cry: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

5) One book that made you wish you had written: The Stand by Stephen King

6) One book that made you you wish had never been written: Just because I dislike it, doesn't mean it didn't make an impact on someone else's life. We all have our own tastes.

7) One book you are currently reading: eat pray love

8) One book you have been meaning to read: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

9) One book that changed your life: probably every book I read changes my life in some way. I will randomly choose Invisible Monsters by Chuck P.

 

[DeathDealer]

The Tiger Rising
Because I stopped reading Way Long ago and now because of That book, I have been reading for almost 4 hours a day. I finish an 800 page novel in 2 days or so.

 

[Britaly]

1) One Book that made you read it More Than Once: Something Happened, J Heller


2) One book you would want on a desert island: Rememberance of Things Past, Proust


3) One book that made you laugh:London Fields, Martin Amis


4) One book that made you cry:...


5) One book that made you wish you had written:Tropic Of Cancer


6) One book that made you you wish had never been written:...


7) One book you are currently reading:The Polyglots, William Gerhardie


8) One book you have been meaning to read:Middlemarch


9) One book that changed your life: Diceman ;-)

 

[Christheblogger]

1) One Book that made you read it More Than Once: Wuthering Heights - Emile Bronte


2) One book you would want on a desert island: Complete Works of William Skakespeare


3) One book that made you laugh: Catch-22 - Joseph Heller


4) One book that made you cry: Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer


5) One book that made you wish you had written: Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh


6) One book that made you you wish had never been written: Steppenwolf - Herman Hesse


7) One book you are currently reading: Oralndo - Virginia Woolf


8) One book you have been meaning to read: Glue - Irvine Welsh


9) One book that changed your life: The Plague - Albert Camus (the book that got me into reading)

 

[The Butcher]

One Book that made you read it More Than Once: None so far,always looking for better books than the ones before.


2) One book you would want on a desert island: Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay


3) One book that made you laugh: Step On A Crack by James Patterson


4) One book that made you cry: Didn't cry,but the ending was sad so: Cell by Stephen King


5) One book that made you wish you had written: Dexter Morgan sereis


6) One book that made you you wish had never been written: Twilight by Stephanie Meyer


7) One book you are currently reading: The Black Ice by Micheal Connelly


8) One book you have been meaning to read: The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum


9) One book that changed your life: None so far,though some of them have changed the way I think in minor ways.

 

[Libra6Poe]

6) One book that made you you wish had never been written: Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

Yes!

 

[kathe]

1) One Book that made you read it More Than Once: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

2) One book you would want on a desert island: A book on how to get off a desert island.

3) One book that made you laugh: Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins

4) One book that made you cry: Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes

5) One book that made you wish you had written: A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving

6) One book that made you you wish had never been written: Dreamcatcher by Stephen King

7) One book you are currently reading: Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

8) One book you have been meaning to read: Oh, there are a handful of those.

9) One book that changed your life: All books I read change my life in some small way. Read Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein and you will know what I mean.

 

[NotTheDoctor]

1) One Book that made you read it More Than Once: The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas


2) One book you would want on a desert island: no idea


3) One book that made you laugh: Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding


4) One book that made you cry: I often cry while reading, but some books have made me cry like a baby, like last year's The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano


5) One book that made you wish you had written: any book I have ever enjoyed, I wish I had the courage and the discipline needed to write


6) One book that made you you wish had never been written: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (actually I wish Paulo Coelho had never written anything)


7) One book you are currently reading: El Asedio by Arturo Pérez-Reverte


8) One book you have been meaning to read: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy


9) One book that changed your life: Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

 

[Chicago]

1) One Book that made you read it More Than Once:
The Power of One Bryce Courtenay

2) One book you would want on a desert island:
Not sure

3) One book that made you laugh:
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz

4) One book that made you cry:
Almost from The Power of One Bryce Courtenay

5) One book that made you wish you had written:
The Great Gatsby F Scott Fitzgerald

6) One book that made you you wish had never been written:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain

7) One book you are currently reading:
Intensity Dean Koontz

8) One book you have been meaning to read:
With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa E.B. Sledge

9) One book that changed your life:
None so far but the Power of One was pretty influential

 

[Lincoln Rhyme]

1) One Book that made you read it More Than Once:
The Power of One Bryce Courtenay

2) One book you would want on a desert island:
Not sure

3) One book that made you laugh:
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz

4) One book that made you cry:
Almost from The Power of One Bryce Courtenay

5) One book that made you wish you had written:
The Great Gatsby F Scott Fitzgerald

6) One book that made you you wish had never been written:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain

7) One book you are currently reading:
Intensity Dean Koontz

8) One book you have been meaning to read:
With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa E.B. Sledge

9) One book that changed your life:
None so far but the Power of One was pretty influential

That's a fucking good book.

1) One book you would want on a desert island:
Dead Beat by Jim Butcher

2) One book that made you laugh: Storm Front by Jim Butcher


3) One book that made you cry: Didn't cry,but if I had to pick,Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane


4) One book that made you you wish had never been written:
One of Tolkien's books.

5) One book you are currently reading:
White Night by Jim Butcher

6) One book you have been meaning to read:
City Of Night by Dean Koontz

7) One book that changed your life:
None so far.

 

[perzephone]

1) One Book that made you read it More Than Once:
Watership Down - Richard Adams

2) One book you would want on a desert island:
Primitive Technology: A Book of Earth Skills

3) One book that made you laugh:
The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul - Douglas Adams

4) One book that made you cry:
Hart's Hope - Orson Scott Card

5) One book that made you wish you had written:
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Paganism - Carl McColman

6) One book that made you you wish had never been written:
Dianetics - L Ron Hubbard

7) One book you are currently reading:
Technical Writing 101 - Alan Pringle & Sarah O'Keefe

8) One book you have been meaning to read:
The Joy of Cooking - Rombauer & Becker

9) One book that changed your life:
The Book of the Law - Aleister Crowley

 

[mrsfabrianni]

1) One Book that made you read it More Than Once: The Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast, by Bill Richardson

2) One book you would want on a desert island: A survival handbook of some sort if applicable. However if I don't have to worry about survival then Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.

3) One book that made you laugh: Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding

4) One book that made you cry: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

5) One book that made you wish you had written: Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner

6) One book that made you wish had never been written: The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield. I was a bookseller when it hit the shelves. Need I say more?

7) One book you are currently reading: A Reading Diary: A Year of Favourite Books by Alberto Manguel

8) One book you have been meaning to read: Portrait of a Lady by Henry James. This is my insomnia book - I cannot read more than 5 pages without falling asleep.

9) One book that changed your life: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

 

[-Carlos-]

1) One Book that made you read it More Than Once:
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

2) One book you would want on a desert island:
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

3) One book that made you laugh:
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

4) One book that made you cry:
None so far, sorry.

5) One book that made you wish you had written:
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

6) One book that made you you wish had never been written:
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (believe it or not)

7) One book you are currently reading:
John Adams by David McCullough

8) One book you have been meaning to read:
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

9) One book that changed your life:
A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne (the catalyst for my love of books/reading)

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[JosieMurphy]

I can't recall them all.

 

[Camaro09]

...

Received this in my email, so thought of sharing. Would be interested to read your list!


1) One Book that made you read it More Than Once:The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger


2) One book you would want on a desert island: I have to pick just one?


3) One book that made you laugh: One for the Money by Janet Evanovich


4) One book that made you cry: The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks


5) One book that made you wish you had written: The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Myer


6) One book that made you you wish had never been written: The Host by Stephenie Myer


7) One book you are currently reading: 14 by J.T. Ellison


8) One book you have been meaning to read: Triptych by Karin Slaughter


9) One book that changed your life: Haven't read it yet.