I like realistic fiction books on people%26#039;s lives that are different then mine. I don%26#039;t want to read a book about a middle class white girl that goes to school in a town that nothing ever happens in.
A list of life changing (or just really really good) fiction books would be appreciated.
Some I%26#039;ve read and loved (to know what kind of books I%26#039;m talking about)
Bright Shiny Morning
Memoirs of a Geisha
Running with Scissors
Water For Elephants|||The Perks Of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Leftovers by Laura Weiss
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
My Friend Leonard by James Frey
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim
Carry Me Down by M.J. Hyland
The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon
Flowers In The Attic by V.C. Andrews
I Never Promsied You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg
White Oleander by Janet Finch
Falling Man by Don Delillo
The Road by Cormac Mccarthy
When Madeline was Young by Jane Hamilton
Map Of The World by Jane Hamilton
Hillbilly Gothic by Adrienne Martini
Like We Used To Be by Jane Stubbs
When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The History Of Love by Nicole Krauss
Songs Without Words by Ann Packer
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime by Mark Haddon
Dead Poet%26#039;s Society by N.H. Kleinbaum
If I should Die Before I Wake by Michelle Morris
Just a few of my ever growing list of favorites :)
Glad to see someone who likes Running With Scissors :) It%26#039;s one of my favorites as well. Also, I see that you liked Bright Shiny Morning, but I wasn%26#039;t sure if you read James%26#039; others, so I put them on the list too :)|||Lessee..depending on your age...
Ferris Beach by Jill McCorkle
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Amalee by Dar Williams (a shortie but a goodie)
Those are all around the teenager mark. Dunno if that%26#039;s your age group, but those are some I read, and have read since.|||Wasted by Marya Hornbacher is riveting!
The Kite Runner
The Origin of Satan|||Siddhartha
Perks of Being a Wallflower
Hitchhiker%26#039;s Guide to the Galaxy
Catcher in the Rye
Tithe
Less that Zero
The Book Thief
The Count of Monte Cristo
Go Ask Alice (really short, but good)
Wuthering Heights|||Chris Crutcher. He writes the kind of books that you%26#039;re describing. Real situations and he doesn%26#039;t sugarcoat the issues. Check out his website: http://chriscrutcher.com/ It has a list of all his books as well as exerpts from some of them. I don%26#039;t know exactly what you%26#039;re looking for but I would recommend you start with Stotan or Running Loose.|||Shabunu- good book about life for a middle easter woman.
Forever...-judy blume this book changed myy life!
Dreamland-Sarah Dessen amazin!
Just Listen - Sarah Dessen Amazing
Glad to help.|||Looking For Alaska by John Green. An amazing book!! Changed my life in some ways. I don%26#039;t have many other good suggestions but that was great.|||Well, this book is my favourite and when I read it I cried.. It is the sad story about a boy getting abused my his OWN MOTHER.... It teaches me to cherish what i got right now.. the book is-
A child called%26#039;IT%26#039;
Th lost Boy
A man named Dave
they all by David Pelzer|||Hi, I see that lots of people answering this question mention contemporary books. I, on the other hand, would like to propose a classic: Lev Tolstoy%26#039;s War and Peace.
It is set in Russia, at the beginning of the 1800s and it is a marvelous and unrivaled work of fiction.
It is very long and extremely rich in texture.
The historical setting is perfectly rendered and each of the characters is developed with incredible richness. This is a book that has not ceased to fascinate people for the last 100 years or so, and this for many good reasons.
You will give yourself one of the best present ever by reading it.|||Strega, Blue Belle and Hard Candy...by Andrew Vachss
Bastard out a Carolina......................by Dorothy Allison
Illusions: The Adventures Of A Reluctant Messiah ....Richard Bach
The Celestine Prophecy................William Redfield
|||War of the Worlds-H.G.Wells
1984-George Orwell
Animal Farm-George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury
Frakenstein-Mary Shelly
You can get most if not all of these books at your local library, and if you can%26#039;t for one reason or another than check out this online library www.truly-free.org . It%26#039;s legal.
Enjoy and good luck.
|||The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Neffenigger
Last Chance by Sarah Dessen
Best of Fathers by Anne Baker
The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood
Cell by Stephen King
My Sister%26#039;s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Before I Die by Jenny Downham
Swimming with the Fishes and Swimming without a net by MaryJanice Davidson
Inkheart and Inkspell by Cornelia Funkt
Ingo series by Helen Dunmore
Jane Eyre
Gulliver%26#039;s Travels by Johnathan Swift
Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Lord of the Flies and The Inheritors by William Golding
No! I don鈥檛 want to join a Book Club by Virgina Ironside
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir......and her other books
Mr McGreggor, The Last Lighthouse Keeper, Animal Instincts, Only Dad, Rosie, Love and Dr Devon all by Alan Titchmarsh
Anything by Stephen King, John Saul, John Connolly, James Herbert and Alexander McCall Smith
The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind starts with Wizards First Rule
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King starts with The Gunslinger
All the Harry Potter books
|||I am currently recommending The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd, to anyone and everyone. It is realistic fiction, and things definitely happen, in addition to a great emotional sweep.
Oh, and regarding Mutly%26#039;s answer: I read Deadline recently, and it was very good, and if Crutcher%26#039;s other books are similar you%26#039;ll probably like them.|||I have just finished The five people you meet in heaven. I could not put it down!
