Prompts

What books did you read at the perfect moment in your life and ended up being exactly what you needed?

Reading the right book at the right time can change the way you see the world. What are some books they you happened to read at just that moment that they resonated with you in a way they wouldn't have if you'd read them at another time?

The Night Circus

2011 • 1,979 Readers • 387 pages 3.9

I Am the Messenger

2002 • 238 Readers • 376 pages 4

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

#1 of 2 in Monk and Robot

2021 • 1,402 Readers • 160 pages 4.3

The Remains of the Day

1989 • 819 Readers • 258 pages 4.2

Ender's Game

#1 of 6 in Ender's Saga

1985 • 2,558 Readers • 256 pages 4.2

The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy

#2 of 3 in Harold Fry

2014 • 39 Readers • 352 pages 4.1

Left Behind

#1 of 12 in Left Behind

1995 • 124 Readers • 497 pages 3.2

Heartstopper: Volume One

#1 of 6 in Heartstopper

2016 • 988 Readers • 263 pages 4.4

Mindset:The New Psychology of Success

2006 • 340 Readers • 320 pages 3.9

The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing

2006 • 70 Readers • 336 pages 4.6

The Pragmatic Programmer

1994 • 317 Readers • 9h 55m 4.2

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America Along the Appalachian Trail

#2 of 2 in Bryson and Katz

1997 • 434 Readers • 416 pages 4

I'll Give You the Sun

2014 • 372 Readers • 386 pages 4.1

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

2016 • 271 Readers • 6h 50m 4.4

The Fifth Season

#1 of 3 in The Broken Earth

2015 • 2,257 Readers • 421 pages 4.4

The Midnight Library

2020 • 3,065 Readers • 288 pages 3.8

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

2019 • 842 Readers • 384 pages 4.1

Get a Life, Chloe Brown

#1 of 3 in The Brown Sisters

2019 • 533 Readers • 387 pages 3.9

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

#1 of 2 in The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

2019 • 218 Readers • 352 pages 3.7

Delilah Green Doesn't Care

#1 of 3 in Bright Falls

2022 • 369 Readers • 375 pages 4.1

Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife

2020 • 33 Readers • 327 pages 4.1

White Women

2022 • 15 Readers • 225 pages 4.4

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

2022 • 324 Readers • 320 pages 4.1

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

1977 • 90 Readers • 196 pages 3.8

Normal People

#1 of 1 in Normal People

2018 • 1,717 Readers • 273 pages 3.6