What was the first book you read that really stuck with you?

[Anonymous]

What was it about that book that really resonated with you on a deep level?

[abc3643]

I am only going to answer this for FICTION since non-fiction has had many books significantly impact me - like many of my college textbooks.

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When I was a teen, the first FICTION book that I ever read that I was not required to was "The Foundation Trilogy" by Isaac Asimov.

The first fiction book that I ever purchased as an adult out of high school and that was not science fiction was a copy of "Spoon River Anthology".

However, I think perhaps the book that most affected me in middle age is "The Power" by Naomi Alderman. It definitely changed my perspective and, I hate using this word, became "woke" to how women view men in a way that I never imagined.

[caring__1]

The Hyperion Cantos, which includes these 4 books. The depth, insight and multi-dimensions are amazing. Some people have trouble with the first book (as it's similar to the Canterbury Tales... people sharing their stories), but it gives you the foundation for everything that follows to fit together. He did a better job of handling time traveling than any other author I have run across, and he goes both directions simultaneously. Every time I read it, I gain greater insight.

Hyperion
1989

The Fall of Hyperion
1989

Endymion
1996

The Rise of Endymion
1997

[DancingQueen16]

I think the first book I can remember reading that I really related to was when I read the book Smile for the first time in middle school because the main character has braces and has to get a lot of work done on her mouth after she trips and falls one night and knocks out her two front teeth

[provokeesmokee]

Julie of the Wolves. Read it two or three times in one year and it was probably what started my reading bug.

The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho and Le Petit Prince by Antoine de St. Exupery also were formative to my life philosophy.

[ManOnFire]

A Fine Balance, by Rohinton Mistry. I can't say it necessarily resounded with me personally, but it was a pretty deep story about Indian hardship during the '70s under Indira Gandhi. The nature of the story and the way it was written impacted me particularly differently than other books I've read.

[Blueeyes81]

Slaughterhouse 5

Prior to that I only read non fiction exclusively. I really liked the story telling, how Billy was so numb because he'd already lived every part of his life multiple times, how spiteful his murderer was. It was unlike anything I had every read and it got me to start reading fiction books.

[jennifer_bloom]

The first book that touched my heart that I still remember is Kermits Christmas which is a children's book I had in elementary school. I felt sympathy for Kermit as if he was a real person.

[virtualwasp]

my nana used to sit with her arms wrapped around me and read to me roald dalh. winnie the pooh and beatrix potter were the first books i remember reading.

[strateguy632]

a kids book with the living oil can who became friends with a boy. i couldn't believe that it made my cry when the can said it would leave him.

[leahzrc]

"I am Malala" was the first lengthy chapter book I was able to read and finish. it was freshmen year of highschool. i didn't read before that but I really cared about World History class after that

[madhatters4]

Maniac Magee. a book i read in elementary school. it was one of the first longer form books i read and it still sticks with me

[WhitneySnow]

Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin. I read all five books when I was like ten and it really got me into fantasy.

[sheikalana]

I can't remember. I think it was some kind of diary when I was a kid.

[User746283]

The watsons go to Birmingham. Read it in elementary school I think haha.

[Nikki1989]

Sexus by Henry Miller.

[normalice]

Sunshine by Robin mckinley

[lightbulb27]

for the sake of all living things.

[Bethany22]

I really liked Charlotte's Web

[BourbonAndBacon]

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

[Chayce]

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

[rigmarole]

Yeah I could see you sticking to your lofty ideals to reach a bad government... That's not the part that was suppose to stick though... You should probably read it again and pay attention next time.

[Chayce]

It’s supposed* not suppose. 😜

[rigmarole]

That height of your intellectual ability is to be a spell check on a comment section. It's pretty hilarious really. Thanks for proving my point though. You didn't even understand the book...

Lofty: contempt/arrogant behavior.

haughty, proud, self important, disdainful, loudly, scornful, snobbish.

[rigmarole]

*That's the

[Chayce]

You questioned my intelligence. My response was to be petty. You should’ve paid attention to your error. Who said I didn’t know what lofty means? I just didn’t stray away from my original “beliefs” that you tried to point to. Regardless you’re a 52 year old loser watching me from behind a screen. Thank you!

[LiamJHayden]

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

[Simslover92]

Jane Eyre

[Pterodon]

Bible