looking for books

[japn]

i am looking for some books to read. I would like them to be very deeply emotional and gripping, something that pulls one in and changes everything, something astoundingly moving. this is all i would like: an amazingly moving book.

 

[scooter13]

Not an easy object, because it's subjective, but I would like to offer a few.

"Fall On Your Knees" by Ann-Marie MacDonald, "Martin Sloane" by Michael Redhill, and "The Brothers K" by David James Duncan.

 

[abecedarian]

How about The Bible? It has a history of changing lives:whistling:

If not, how about The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with The Sea by Yukio Mishima
or
A Dream in Polar Fog by Yuri Rythkeu.

 

[Kposty]

Have you ever heard of Jodie Picoult? Alot of her books are amazing. I've read just about everyone so far and I cried in more than half of them.

 

[japn]

also

i am looking for some books to read. I would like them to be very deeply emotional and gripping, something that pulls one in and changes everything, something astoundingly moving. this is all i would like: an amazingly moving book.

i would also like these books to be very sophisticate and, not moving in the way that makes one cry nessecarily (though if it did that would be a plus), but in a way that changes one (while also causing intense emotion).

 

[-Carlos-]

Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther (just kidding).

 

[japn]

put simply

basically, all i want is to know the most emotional, gripping, moving, and life-changing novel you guys have ever read (that is in some way sophisticate).

 

[abecedarian]

In addition to the books I already suggested, you might also investigate:

The Redemption of Elsdon Bird by Noel Virtue

Blanket Boy's Moon-Peter Lanham

A Fine Balance -Rohinton Mistry

Shipwrecks- Akira Yoshimura

The Rice Mother- Rani Manicka

Broken Verses- Kamilla Shamsie

Broken April-Ismail Kadare

Foucault’s Pendulum-Umberto Eco

The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana-Umberto Eco

The Half Brother- Lars Saabye Christensen

The Shadow of the Wind- Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Death And The Penguin- Andrey Kurkov

In the Time of the Butterflies-Julia Alvarez

Like Water For Chocolate- Laura Esquivel

The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories- Horacio Quiroga
(Not a novel, as you requested, but a collection of memorable short stories)

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter; She Walks These Hills, The Rosewood Casket-Sharyn McCrumb (part of the Ballad series..do not have to be read in sequence)

Rice and Beans-Daniel Reveles(great short stories)

 

[shadforth]

All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Sophie's Choice by William Styron