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?

I Am the Messenger

2002 • 202 Readers • 376 pages 4.1

The Night Circus

2011 • 1,707 Readers • 387 pages 3.9

The Remains of the Day

1989 • 707 Readers • 258 pages 4.2

Ender's Game

1985 • 2,198 Readers • 256 pages 4.3

Left Behind

1995 • 91 Readers • 497 pages 3.2

Heartstopper: Volume One

2016 • 804 Readers • 262 pages 4.4

Mindset

2006 • 283 Readers • 320 pages 3.9

The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing

2006 • 68 Readers • 336 pages 4.6

The Pragmatic Programmer

1999 • 257 Readers • 321 pages • 9h 55m 4.2

A Walk in the Woods

1998 • 369 Readers • 416 pages 4

I'll Give You the Sun

2014 • 318 Readers • 386 pages 4.1

The Fifth Season

2015 • 1,938 Readers • 421 pages 4.3

The Midnight Library

2020 • 2,594 Readers • 288 pages 3.8

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

2019 • 739 Readers • 384 pages 4.2

Get a Life, Chloe Brown

2019 • 447 Readers • 387 pages 3.9

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

2019 • 192 Readers • 352 pages 3.7

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

2021 • 1,186 Readers • 160 pages 4.3

Delilah Green Doesn't Care

2022 • 317 Readers • 375 pages 4

Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife

2020 • 29 Readers • 327 pages 3.8

White Women

2022 • 10 Readers • 225 pages 4.4

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

2022 • 231 Readers • 321 pages 4.2

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

1977 • 65 Readers • 196 pages 3.8

Normal People

2018 • 1,455 Readers • 273 pages 3.6