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There are books that are quickly forgotten. But there are such works that you remember, and mentally return to the events and the characters. Such stories immerse you completely, they touch the soul. We have compiled a selection of 10 books that do not let go after you close the last page. Among them are classics and novels by contemporary authors. They are of different genres. They have one thing in common – these books are impossible to forget.
Ten books that you do not forget
Erich Maria Remarque “Spark of Life”
This novel is often called the best in Remarque’s work. It is heavy, it is hard to get it out of your head. The events take place in a concentration camp located in Germany. Until the end of the war was very little and probably no one was waiting for the defeat of the Germans, as the prisoners of such camps. The main character, prisoner 509, spent 10 years in the camp. An exhausted, weakened, but not broken man. Next to him are the same “old-timers” who have a hope not to die in this dreadful place. There are only two weeks left until release, but they still have to live.
Catherine Stockett’s “The Servant.”
“The Servant” is the debut and so far only novel by American Katherine Stockett. The book was rejected by several publishers, and as it turned out later – in vain! The novel became an international bestseller, selling 10 million copies in the first year. The book was translated into 40 languages. What did the readers like so much about the novel?
The writer raised a topic that is painful for America today – racial discrimination. The action takes place in America in the 1960s. The main characters were black maids working for white masters. Being born in America in the ’60s was an ordeal for blacks. Separate transportation, stores, barbershops, even park benches. You couldn’t touch a black maid and God forbid you eat with her at the same table. К. Stockett managed to create an accurate portrait of a difficult era. The topic is difficult, but the book is touching, human, funny and sad at the same time.
Guzel Yakhina, “Zuleikha opens her eyes.
The story of a simple woman from a Tatar village. The events of the book begin in the 1930s. Zuleikha’s family falls under the kulakization. Her husband is killed, and the pregnant young woman is exiled to Siberia. She and her unfortunate companions find themselves on the bank of the Angara River. The immigrants have nothing – no shelter, no warm clothes, no food. Fate brought together a variety of people forced to survive in harsh conditions.
Janet Fitch, “White Oleander.”
The main character is a teenage girl, Astrid. Her mother is incarcerated, and Astrid wanders from one foster parent to another. Before going to prison, her mother hardly paid any attention to her daughter, taking care of her own life, so Astrid is a typical unloved child with a lot of psychological problems. The girl reaches out to anyone who lends her a hand. But each time she gets disappointed and closes herself off more and more from people, from the world.
Fredrik Backman’s The Second Life of Uwe
Swedish writer F. Backman gained worldwide fame precisely because of this book. Backman writes about ordinary people and their problems. The hero of the novel is a lonely elderly man with a difficult character. Neighbors try to stay away from him to avoid comments and moralizing. No one knows that at heart Uwe is kind, sympathetic and always ready to help. All these qualities come to the surface when new neighbors show up. Buckman manages to make readers fall in love with a seemingly unappealing character. After all, there is something good in every human being.
Jody Peacolt’s “Angel for Sister.”
An emotionally heavy story. All of the characters make mistakes, but everyone can be understood. A mother living to save her terminally ill daughter. A father who supports his wife in everything, but realizes that the other children are suffering. The son who feels lonely and unwanted. The teenager is ready to do the wildest things, just to be noticed. The youngest daughter, thirteen-year-old Anna, who was born as the perfect donor for her sister. From birth she had blood taken for transfusions, then bone marrow for transplants. Now she must give her sister a kidney. The girl sues to get the right to dispose of her own body. And the ending of this story is completely off-balance. This book is definitely not something to forget, closing the last page.
Archibald Cronin’s Castle Brody
A heavy book about “toxic relationships” within a family. True, there was no such term when the novel was written, but the phenomenon itself existed. The father is a tyrant who bullies everyone in the family. The mother is a frightened and unhappy woman. The children, who are each trying in their own way to find their freedom. James Brody appears to be a respectable man, but he has put his family through hell. This book does not let go for a long time, leaving after reading a lot of feelings and thoughts.
