If you’re anything like me, you probably read a lot of books and forget a lot about them as well after reading them (also see: being ADHD)

Is there one specific book whose plot, characters, setting you just can’t get out of your mind and still think about today even when in the midst of another book?

For me, it’s 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. I think due to the sheer volume of this book (clocked in over 1000 pages) I was so invested in Tengo and Aomame’s stories that it’s quite impossible to forget them quickly. This is also why I prefer long novels, because they stick around in my memory for longer!

So what book is still stuck with you?

  • mean_mr_mustard75@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Not this year, but A Gentleman In Moscow stayed with me for a while.

    I’m enjoying Paulette Jiles’ work currently, and Charles Portis’ (True Grit) Masters of Atlantis was hilarious.

    • Pelican_Brief_2378@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Five years since I read”A Gentleman…” I still think of him. Brilliantly crafted book. Author’s other book’s somewhat predictable/contrived.

    • rhymeswithpurple4@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I loved that book. It feels like an elderly person is telling you little random anecdotes about their life until >! all of the little details come together masterfully at the end and you realize he was just biding his time. !<

    • Routine-Owl-9328@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I loved this book and recently read Any Human Heart by William Boyd and it has stuck with me the same way Gentleman in Moscow did - would 100% recommend.