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Listopia > Elise's votes on the list Books That Made Me Feel A Lot of Things (72 Books)
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The History of Love
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"This is probably my favorite book. It is about love, loss, and longing. What every great story should have! "
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rated it 5 stars
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Tiger, Tiger
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Middlesex
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A Year of Biblical Womanhood
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"A surprisingly touching book that filled me with great ideas about womanhood and spirituality. "
Elise
rated it 4 stars
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Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
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"Anne Lamott is an amazing, honest writer. This should be an essential on anyone's reading list."
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rated it 5 stars
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Norwegian Wood
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"This book made me cry a lot. That's my measure of a good book. "
Elise
rated it 4 stars
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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"An amazing book about friendship and loss and the things that separate us. "
Elise
rated it 4 stars
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
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"This book blew me away. I love Toni Morrison. She has a way of weaving a story so that you always feel breathless trying to keep up."
Elise
rated it 5 stars
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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"Heartbreaking. "
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rated it 4 stars
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Lark & Termite
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"This book shines. The characters are beautifully portrayed in their own voices.
Elise
rated it 5 stars
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House of Leaves
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"This book made me go crazy, I think. It made the list because it's unforgettable."
Elise
rated it 4 stars
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The Yellow Birds
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"This one changed the way I'll react to "Support Our Troops" forever. "
Elise
rated it 4 stars
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The Virgin Suicides
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"Stunning."
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rated it 3 stars
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The Devil in the White City
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"Supremely entertaining and saddening. "
Elise
rated it 5 stars
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Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns
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"This book of poems made me laugh and it made me cry. I love Andrea Gibson. She's a modern-day hero in the spoken word world. "
Elise
rated it 5 stars
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The Culture of Make Believe
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"A book that shattered many of my ideas about the world."
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rated it 3 stars
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The Casual Vacancy
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"I love this book because it deals well with the pettiness and cruelty of people. "
Elise
rated it 5 stars
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Bossypants
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"I read this book right after a good friend of mine died and it made me laugh for the first time in months."
Elise
rated it 5 stars
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Cleopatra: A Life
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"I love this book because I feel like I got to see that there was more to Cleopatra than a sultry temptress. It gave her dimension."
Elise
rated it 4 stars
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On Evil
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
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"This is my favorite book of all time. I think it truly captures the complexity of the human spirit. "
Elise
rated it 5 stars
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The Round House
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"A book about bravery and healing. It deals with a lot of heavy topics, including rape. "
Elise
rated it 4 stars
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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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"The best dystopian novel I've read. "
Elise
rated it 4 stars
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Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
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"The second best dystopian novel after The Handmaid's Tale! It's a shocker. "
Elise
rated it 4 stars
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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"A great adventure tale. "
Elise
rated it 4 stars
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The Red Tent
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"An excellent portrayal of a woman who has long been silent in biblical history."
Elise
rated it 4 stars
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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"I love the boy in this. "
Elise
rated it 4 stars
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The Children of Men
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Why We Broke Up
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
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Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home
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"This one made me laugh after the death of a loved one."
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rated it 5 stars
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Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
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The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing
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Habibi
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Walk Two Moons
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"One of my favorite books from childhood. "
Elise
rated it 4 stars
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Room
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Love in the Time of Cholera
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Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
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The Historian
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"A great adventure tale."
Elise
rated it 4 stars
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She’s Come Undone
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Native Son
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Zoli
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Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer
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Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith
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Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
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Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
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The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
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Leaves of Grass
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles
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Bridge to Terabithia
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
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"Classic."
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rated it 5 stars
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Until They Bring the Streetcars Back
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"Underrated classic."
Elise
rated it 4 stars
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My Name Is Asher Lev
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Out Stealing Horses
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Head Off & Split
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Patty Jane's House of Curl
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"It's a lot of fun! "
Elise
rated it 4 stars
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Killing Rage: Ending Racism
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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
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"An excellent book about North Korea."
Elise
rated it 4 stars
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Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate (The Terry Lectures Series)
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The Ragamuffin Gospel
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How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter
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Silent Spring
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Until I Find You
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Dandelion Wine
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Loose Woman
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"A lot of fun."
Elise
rated it 4 stars
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The Buddha in the Attic
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Fidelity: Poems
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A Thousand Mornings: Poems
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Why I Wake Early
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Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion
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Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals
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The Graveyard Book
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