A simple meme:
What book have you recommended most over the past year? The past five years? The past ten years?
One Year
THE BOOK THIEF, Markus Zusak. Surprising, tense, funny, crushing. Marketed to adults in Zusak's native Australia and young adults here. Not sure why. This is a book for all ages, though probably not as effective for most readers under twelve.
Five Years
ON WRITING, Stephen King. I started writing fiction in 2006. Read this one shortly after that point and have rec'ed it to more writers than I can remember. Part memoir, part practical advice, all worthwhile.
Ten Years
THE POWER OF ONE, Bryce Courtenay. I wasn't interested in South Africa or the origins of apartheid, let alone boxing, before I read this. Now I can't imagine not having read it. The 1992 movie barely scratched the book.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Book Recs 1-5-10
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2 ate pie:
One year: The Book Thief for me, too. I loved it.
Five years: Hunger Games by a landslide. Yes, I'm a total fangirl. Perhaps followed by Shaun Tan's The Arrival.
Ten Years: Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson and When the Sun Rose by Barbara Helen Berger. Both books with quiet power that altered the way I thought about writing and life.
One year for me is also The Book Thief. Five years is Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. Ten years (20 years even) is A Prayer for Owen Meany.
Cool question, btw
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