What is the most moving book you have read?

[covenant914]

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult.

Puts a whole new spin on genetic engineering.

What if you had been born so you could give transfusions and donate organs to your sick older sister?

Must read before you decide on cloning, etc.

 

[Babymine]

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Night by Elie Wisel

 

[streetsmart]

Emotionally and Spiritually
The Bible - especially the Gospels
Wild at Heart
The Sacred Romance
The Catcher in the Rye

Financially
Rich dad Poor Dad
Cashflow Quadrant

Someone else mentioned Steppenwolf and Hesse books. I read a lot of those and really enjoyed them before I was saved. I don't think I would recommend them any more though, because they definately helped lead me into occultism. Siddhartha being my case in point.

 

[LILIVIWA]

My Text Book on International Tourism...

 

[LILIVIWA]

Oops sorry... the most moving book I have ever read is The Holy Bible .

 

[Davis]

Few books out of the Left Behind series
The Five People you Meet in Heaven
He Chose the Nails - Max Lucado

The most moving book besides the Bible that I have ever read was The Black Trilogy by Ted Dekker. Books include, Black, Red, and White. I have never ever ever got so in touch with the characters. I was so sad to see it end and I long for the day when he might pick up after White. Leaves a lot of confusion there.

 

[Miss_Music]

The Holy Bible
To Kill a Mocking Bird

there's another one... it was part of a trilogy about a young Amish girl... can't remember what it was called anymore

BTW, this is my first post in this section of CF so... hey everyone!

 

[Carmenita]

The Death of a Guru (Rabi Maharaj)...really changed my mind towards Hindusim and opened my eyes to Christ...

 

[Dust and Ashes]

For the Life of the World by Alexander Schmemann


For fiction, I'd have to say The Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke. The final chapter is one of the most evocative bits of literature I've ever read, inspiring in me a kind of melancholy nostalgia coupled with a profound sense of loss and yet not at all without hope. If that makes no sense, read the book and you will understand.

 

[Romany]

Emotionally and Spiritually
The Bible - especially the Gospels
Wild at Heart
The Sacred Romance
The Catcher in the Rye

I'm so glad someone else finally mentioned the Catcher in the Rye other than me...

Romany (Original Poster)

 

[Stacey]

Mine would be The Catcher in the Rye by far... Of Mine and Men was for me aswell. Mostly I think because it reminded me a lot of something that was happening in my life at the time.

 

[jlecaroz]

Faith of the Fallen by Terry Goodkind

 

[AionOlam]

The Thornbirds - and I must have watched the movie a hundred times. That was in my youth, of course.

 

[Ohiomom2]

The Bible and Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers (it makes one believe they can truly be loved even when we feel unlovable, both by God and our fellow man)

 

[AngCath]

The Thornbirds - and I must have watched the movie a hundred times. That was in my youth, of course.

yes, very moving.

 

[Blackmarch]

What book moved you the most?
Mine is 'The Catcher in the Rye'

Fictional- "Flowers for Algernon"
nonfictional/religious- Book of Mormon and the Bible

 

[AngCath]

Glass Bead Game and Steppenwolf by Hesse are both emotionally powerful. So is Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe.

 

[Ritz]

Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen,Summer Sisters by Judy Blume and My Mother's Daughter by Judith H. Wall

 

[johnnymapson]

On the Road
by Jack Kerouac

It was literally the most moving book I have read. Each time I read it I moved. First I joined the navy, the second time I read it, I took a three week road trip with my brother and never told anyone!

 

[HistoryMaker]

Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

Yes, that and all other Jane Austen novels. They are all great.
For me, one of the most moving novels I have read is Empire of the Sun by JG Ballard. It is a powerful enough as a story, but it is also semi-autobiographical... moving stuff.
Another of my favourites is Jane Eyre, not any particular part, but it just makes you think.