Question for Everyone:

teachingliteracy:

What is your go-to book when someone asks you for a recommendation?


Always good to see some book recs eh?


  1. korepersephone reblogged this from yeahwriters and added:
    Both: Maurice by E. M. Forster and Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
  2. pinkietrain answered: Homer & Langley by E.L. Doctorow
  3. maryannbragg answered: Housekeeping: Marilynne Robinson
  4. buffyslaying answered: If I don’t know what their preferences are, John Green’s novels or One Day by David Nicholls.
  5. unwrittenangel answered: Murder on the Orient Express, Rebecca
  6. wali21 answered: Heart of Darkness. Or Harry Potter.
  7. boydaisy answered: the book thief
  8. ameliugh answered: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  9. rainbowflavouredpoem answered: Everything Brigid Lowry’s ever written, mostly because of her unique style. The book I love the most is “Guitar Highway Rose.”
  10. megan38 answered: At the current moment I am ready the Song of Ice and Fire series so I would probably recommend them.
  11. inspiredbycalliope answered: shadow of the wind - carlos ruiz zafon
  12. lilgriff answered: 1. Ender’s Game
  13. thebookshelfgallery answered: The Great Gatsby
  14. dork-tastic answered: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
  15. handsprings777 answered: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter- Carson McCullers
  16. ballroompink answered: Pursuit of Love/Love in a Cold Climate - Nancy Mitford
  17. literary-darling answered: Lately, it’s been The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green.
  18. c-r-e-a-m--p-u-f-f answered: me talk pretty one day -david sedaris
  19. yournextboldmove answered: depends on the person. 1. perks of being a wallflower. 2. written on the body. 3. to the lighthouse.
  20. wanderlustimmer answered: “History of Love” Nicole Krauss or for younger folks the Percy Jackson series
  21. bike-with-me answered: the bell jar or fall on your knees
  22. atinykerfuffle answered: good omens by neil gaiman/terry pratchett
  23. wyowood answered: “American Gods” by Neil Gaiman
  24. gildedlitany answered: The Confessions of Max Tivoli
  25. cleopetrus answered: Often the Brooklyn Follies
  26. repetition-is-holy answered: The Emperor’s Children by Claire Messud
  27. leavemealonetoread answered: Cornelia Funke’s “Inkworld” trilogy.
  28. rachoddsocks answered: Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz
  29. stabbed-by-satan answered: ASOIAF and the hunger games
  30. microspark answered: Chronicle of a Death Foretold, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Gorgeous and haunting!
  31. aseriousbibliophile answered: Of Mice and Men
  32. anapplescruff answered: Scarlet Pimpernel
  33. meekandloud answered: The Wars by Timothy Findley, 1984
  34. pathofdeparture answered: Harry Potter..
  35. theloonytuney answered: The Fault in Our Stars
  36. va5el1ne answered: His Dark Materials. Or anything by Terry Pratchett :-)
  37. sleeplessinsimi answered: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  38. bangsandglasses answered: The Book Thief
  39. captain-solo answered: The Book Thief or something by John Green, unless I know their more specific preferences.
  40. allsmiles24 answered: God Don’t Like Ugly
  41. herwildwildeyes answered: Pride and Prejudice or Harry Potter
  42. chefhannibals answered: Good Omens!