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Here is my embarrassing list.

=Noteworthy

1984 by George Orwell Catch-22 Joseph Heller Dune by Frank Herbert East of Eden by John Steinbeck Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

=Less Noteworthy

Black Sea Gods by Brian Braden Mythos by Stephen Fry Smallworld by Dominic Green The One by John Marrs The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

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[โ€“] PhantomAnalSnakes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

I heard so many good things about it but I could not make myself read it.

[โ€“] JoeClu@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Awe. Sorry it wasn't for you. I enjoyed it. Very touching for me. I just checked out the follow on book from my local library. I heard it's pretty emotional too.

What's the most emotional book you've read?