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What is that one book you'd always recommend someone reads?

Recommend that absolute favorite or most insightful book you've ever read.
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SW-User
Alcoholics Anonymous - first 164 pages.
MightyAngel ยท 31-35, F
@SW-User Interesting, will check it out. Who is the author?
CantExplain ยท 70-79, M
@MightyAngel It was written in the 1930โ€™s by a group of recovering alcoholics. Two of them were Bill W. and Dr. Bob. The first 164 pages describes the 12 Steps of recovery
SW-User
@MightyAngel as @CantExplain says the early members of AA (before it was really called that) Bill W is recognised as the main author.

I recommended to anyone - if you're not an alcoholic/addict you'll learn something about addiction I'm sure.
SumKindaMunster ยท 56-60, M
Catch 22
1984
Animal Farm
The Handmaids Tale
Fight Club
Mamapolo2016 ยท F
@SumKindaMunster All excellent. I just reread Animal Farm. It just gets better.
MightyAngel ยท 31-35, F
@SumKindaMunster Animal Farm was very thought-provoking. Trying out The Handmaid's Tale series.
Mamapolo2016 ยท F
@MightyAngel A good deal of The Clan of the Cave Bear deals with very similar concepts in a much different (or not different) context.

Clan absolutely rocked me. The series devolved for me into a sort of Paris Hilton Does Neanderthals thing.
Kwek00 ยท 41-45, M
The Plague, Albert Camus

replaced "Island" by Aldous Huxley just recently.
Neuman ยท M
the tao of pooh.
Mamapolo2016 ยท F
Two, at least.

East of Eden, John Steinbeck, and The Clan of the Cave Bear, Jean Auel.
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MightyAngel ยท 31-35, F
@vss1234 I admit I still haven't read any Harry Potter books. Will definitely consider it.

I do agree it's hard to come down to just one book- but there should be one that has left a more lingering impact than others.
Brandon101 ยท 26-30, M
The curious incident of the dog the night time
Rambler ยท 61-69, M
A very hard question..there are so many books, and people are so different. I will say that most of what I know about life can be learned in the complete Winnie-the-Pooh. (with the original drawings)
Casheyane ยท 31-35, F
Where Rainbows End. I really like this one. It's not insightful per se but the narration is fun and so not boring. And it's about waiting and missing chances and more waiting. But it's worth it. :)
CantExplain ยท 70-79, M
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopoldo who set in motion the ecological management of wildlife. He says he cannot do without the sound of geese flying overhead (as do I)
HeWaits ยท 56-60, F
โ€œKiller Angelsโ€ if you really want to know what the Civil War was all about encapsulated in just the battle of Gettysburg.

โ€œA World Lit Only by Fireโ€ by William Manchester. How the dark age became the renaissance
Elevatorpitches ยท F
@HeWaits The Manchester book was really powerful.

Lets not go back to the dark ages again....
Straylight ยท F
The Necronomicon, by Abdul Al Hazred.
Babaji ยท 80-89, M
"Play of Consciousness"
By Swami Muktananda
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Dr Seuss' The Cat in The Hat

The Monk who sold his Ferrari

The Secret
eli1601 ยท 70-79, M
The Stand - Stephen King
Casheyane ยท 31-35, F
Bible
SW-User
Humiliated and Insulted by Fydor Dostoyevsky
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@SW-User i don't read ๐Ÿ™„
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@SW-User I know ๐Ÿ˜Œ
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@SW-User slut
bijouxbroussard ยท F
The Fire Next Time, by James Baldwin.
MightyAngel ยท 31-35, F
@bijouxbroussard Just read the synopsis. Added to my list!

 
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