Your Top 3 Books ...

[citygirl22]

Since the Book Nook forum is hopping again, I thought I'd add to the conversation 

With summertime coming up (aka lazy days at the beach) I'm looking for recommendations …. So, what 3 books do you consider to be "must-reads"? They can be your all-time favorite reads or books that changed how you view the world or classics you think everyone should read at some point.

[citygirl22]

Mine would be …

1. The Art Of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker
… one of the loveliest novels I've ever read 
2. The Prodigal God by Timothy Kelly
… a quick read, but really profound and meaningful
3. Locavore: From Farmers Fields To Rooftop Gardens, How Canadians Are Changing The Way We Eat by Sarah Elton
… Radically changed how I view food and the food industry

[CarrieG]

HA  I cant even begin to name 3..haha  I am a voracious reader..........toooooooooo many favos 
I enjoy several genres also...........grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

But if you makeeeeeeee me............3 books I think everyone should read are:

Centennial by James Michner
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther

[ernstem]

To Kill A Mockingbird---Harper Lee
Midwives--Chris Bohjalian
Icy Sparks--Gwyn Hyman Rubio
The Grapes of Wrath---John Steinbeck
And SO many more........I'm an English teacher
 

[christinec68]

Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom 
As the Crow Flies - Jeffrey Archer


I can't nail down a third one...I want to say one or (all of) the Harry Potter books and feel like I should pick a more classic novel.  

[scrappinmom99]

I can never pick! My favorite book is usually what I"m reading right now (Doctor Sleep by Stephen King which is riveting!).

Harry Potter series
Anne of Green Gables / Pippi Longstocking --- taught me little redheaded girls are cool!
A Song of Ice & Fire (Game of Thrones) series

 

[MacSarah]

To Kill A Mockingbird---Harper Lee
Midwives--Chris Bohjalian
Icy Sparks--Gwyn Hyman Rubio
The Grapes of Wrath---John Steinbeck
And SO many more........I'm an English teacher
 

I agree with all of these (my dad was an English teacher).  I still enjoy Little Women, The Poisonwood Bible, The Shack, and poerty anthologies.

[1grandma]

I love to read!  And I read about 2-3 books/week.  Most is crap, insert here Historical Fiction, but there is value even in that.  Mysteries are great, too.  Occasional  serious books break up my reading.d

[CherryTat]

The top three for me are

1. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
2. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova 
3. The Witching Hour by Anne Rice

I also dearly love fiction set in medieval Europe- Sharon Kay Penman novels especially, and anything by Ken Follett. And murder mystery stuff 

[croppinmama]

I don't know about you, but when I read in the summer I have to have beach theme books. So here are mine for the summer:

The Beach House by Jane Green
Dune Road by Jane Green
Firefly Beach by Luanne Rice

[Deanna13]

The Hunger Games Trilogy
All the Harry Potter Books
Eragon, Eldest, Brisinger, Inheritance Series of Dragon Books.

[classiclyamanda]

just three

I love:
1. The Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich - so funny! (One for the money is the first one)
2. Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
3. The Witch of Blackbird Pond - by Speare

Here are also a couple of really fantastic Young Adult books that I have read recently!
1. Wonder by: Palacio
2. The One and Only Ivan by Applegate
 

[butterfly843]

Mr Maybe by Jane Green
Confessions of a Shopaholic By Sophia Kinsella
Three Minus One by Kelly Kittel

[sherelm]

I'll join in a little late

"The Experiment" - I can't remember who wrote it, but it's about a physician with terminal lung cancer, that decides to let them "experiment" on his lungs with gills. . . .

Harry Potter Series

ANY Stephen King book.

[gonecamping]

I love to read as well. These are among my top favorites

The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom-LOVED IT!
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Wool (there is a 3 book series) by Hugh Howey-science fiction-great read
 

[gonecamping]

I love to read!  And I read about 2-3 books/week.  Most is crap, insert here Historical Fiction, but there is value even in that.  Mysteries are great, too.  Occasional  serious books break up my reading.d

My son would call those junk food for your brain..lol I read a lot of murder mystery and that is what he calls those. 

[koala1966]

I have so many favorites, it's hard to narrow down. But if I were recommending books that had a big impact on me and have stayed with me, I might say
1. King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
2. The Arabian Nights translated by Husain Haddawy
3. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

[CarrieG]

just three

I love:
1. The Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich - so funny! (One for the money is the first one)
2. Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
3. The Witch of Blackbird Pond - by Speare

Here are also a couple of really fantastic Young Adult books that I have read recently!
1. Wonder by: Palacio
2. The One and Only Ivan by Applegate

I LURVE Janet Evanovich! I just finished reading The Chase--her 2nd book with Lee Goldberg
 

[CarrieG]

I love to read as well. These are among my top favorites

The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom-LOVED IT!
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Wool (there is a 3 book series) by Hugh Howey-science fiction-great read

The Kitchen House was a GREAT book!!!!!
 

[ernstem]

just three

I love:
1. The Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich - so funny! (One for the money is the first one)
2. Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
3. The Witch of Blackbird Pond - by Speare

Here are also a couple of really fantastic Young Adult books that I have read recently!
1. Wonder by: Palacio
2. The One and Only Ivan by Applegate

 

LOVE Stephanie Plum! Quick reads and so funny!