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?

  • chexmex24@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Almost done reading My Dark Vanessa and it already haunts me randomly throughout the day and I think it will continue to do so after I finish.

  • pohotu3@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I read both The Raven Tower and Translation State by Ann Leckie this year. The worldbuilding both just live in my head now.

    I had previously read Provinence and the Ancillary trilogy and those stuck with me the same way, many years later.

  • VeganPhilosopher@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The Metamorphosis, I’m Glad my Mom Died, Did Jesus Exist?, and the writings of some members of a writers’ group I was a part of (for better or worse).

  • HairlyPottah@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I jumped down the SJM rabbit hole so I’m constantly thinking about a 15 book multiverse with a book coming out in January and another being written

  • cranberrydiaper@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Interestingly since you mentioned long books lingering longer, mine is a shorter novella “A Short Stay In Hell”. The way the author captures time and eternity was really striking. A story that gets in and gets out but manages to leave such an impressive mark in my opinion. Highly recommend

  • Illustrious-Rain2236@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Record Play Pause, it’s an autobiography of Stephen Morris, the drummer of Joy Division. It really opened my eyes and made me discover elements and details of his actual life but also the band itself; insights on how he joined, how Joy Division worked in the studio, live performances along much more, it’s a really great read and I highly recommend to someone who is a fan or even isn’t a fan.