I would say mine is the Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. My teacher read it to the class in third/fourth grade and I fell in love with it. It might be because I loved dolls and stuff like that and related to Abilene. I loved seeing Edward going on all of this adventures and I believed for the longest time that he was like a character in Toy Story. I think my favorite part was when he was with this brother and sister. Although many people don’t like it due to its non-kid friendly topics (abuse, manipulation, death),the book just reminds me a simpler time in my life and when I just started to realize reading was fun.
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It’s just my favourite book period but I do have nostalgia for it also. L’étranger by Albert Camus. I used to think I hated reading “smart” books. Turns out I just hate wordy books and Zola with a passion. Le Germinal was torture. It’s what got me into figuring out that writing can have styles and that some styles aren’t for me.
Mortal Engines, such a great idea with cities moving and needing to absorb other ones to survive. Read it first as a teenager and now I go back to it every few years.
Tuesdays with Morris
loosely translated as “Last Resort” by Ilya Turchin. it is about a soviet soldier fighting nazis told in a fairytale sort of style. with illustrations done by an artist who did some WWII propaganda posters (Vlasov). makes for an interesting emotional mix when reading.
the book belonged to my cousin and i used to steal it and read it again and again. got to the point where the cover wasn’t attached and the pages were falling out.
Harry Potter. It reminds me of family, nostalgia from growing up, waiting for later books at midnight and then reading it as fast as possible, talking about them with friends and family, going to see the new movies in imax, watching the abc family marathons. Going to an HP themed college party. Great great memories, plus the books themselves were good. Especially the sixth one with all the pensieve memories, giving glimpses into characters’ mysterious pasts.
Whenever I’m sick, I grab two things to entertain me in bed: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Pokémon Crystal. I have so much nostalgia and warmth for both of those that it’s the entertainment equivalent of a bowl of soup.
This is the only answer. HP is my childhood.
Makes me nostalgic like no other book.
Holes by Louis Sachar and Among The Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix were my favorite as a kid
Where the Red Fern Grows. I can finish the book in a sitting and I’ve read it dozens of times but every dang time, tears.
That’s such a good book! For me it’s The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall. Being an only child, I loved escaping into a world with a big family and so many sisters. The writing was so descriptive, I could picture myself running around the groups of the mansion with the girls. I also saw myself myself in Jane, a bookworm who wrote her own stories. I only read 3 out of the 5 in the series before I grew out of them, but I’d love to read the last 2 as an adult to feel all the nostalgia and good vibes😊
The Eagleheart series by C.T. Westcott, published in the mid to late '80s. Read them as a teenager and loved them, really funny sci-fi saga. Super hard to find now but I tracked them down a few years ago and re-read them. Laughed my arse off and felt like a kid again, even though the writing isn’t something I’d be interested in nowadays.
Anything Hemingway… study abroad, red wine, very little to worry about…
When the wind blows (Raymond Briggs), my late mother read it to me.
A Wrinkle in Time-it was the first time I realized a book could actually take me places. I was totally transported to that kitchen on that dark and stormy night.
Came here to say A Wrinkle in Time!
my teacher reading it to our class as well, and I was captivated by Edward’s adventures. It’s funny how certain books become intertwined with our memories—I, too, felt a connection to the characters and found joy in the simpler times of discovering the fun in reading.
I loved Gregor the Overlander growing up. I was surprised to see it has the same author as the Hunger Games.
The Swallows; those kids have so much fun with boats and camping. I wanted to do that stuff as a kid but got no opportunity.