Book Club

[mollybgood]

lasting impressions on you?

short stories ~
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
"Gift of the Magi" and "The Last Leaf" by O'Henry

books ~
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Defending Jacob by William Landay

[AuntG]

There was a short story about a big game hunter who invited a guest to his island and then made him his prey.

Poe's Telltale Heart left an impression.

[Ponch]

A Thousand Splended Suns..... It really stuck with me long after reading it.    

[tobe]

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party  by

Daniel James Brown

[insomniac2]

Auntg, the story about the game hunter was "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell. What a great plot!

[SXMGirl]

The Art of Racing in the Rain, because I loved the story and Enzo, in particular.  The first book that gave me the best laughs was Thursdays Til Nine.

[KathyM23]

The best book I have ever read was Dear and Glorious Physician by Taylor Caldwell.  It is about the physician, St. Luke.  I didn't think would be an interesting story, but I loved anything Taylor Caldwell wrote so I decided to read it many years ago and I have never forgotten it.  I am a fast reader and this book was so good as I got near the end I read as slow as I could because I did not want lit to end.

Another book that really made an impression on me was Ann Rynd's "Atlas Shrugged" 

[AuntG]

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@insomniac2 wrote:

Auntg, the story about the game hunter was "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell. What a great plot!

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Thanks, and then Gilligan's Island did a similar show, which even I recognized as a rip off. 

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[Desert Lily]

The Elegant Universe

Angela's Ashes

Lord of the Flies

Ghengis Kahn

The History of the World in a Glass

[Big Sister]

Any short story by Edgar Alan Poe.

"Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand.  I've read it twice and want to read it again (about every 20 years).  lol