Has any book ever evoked strong emotions?

Question: Has any book ever evoked strong emotions!?

I suppose I am asking if anyone has read a book that really makes you very sad, tears even!.!.!.!.

We all have 'feelgood' films, but can anyone say they have read a feelgood book!?

On the former - I really was upset at reading the end chapters of 'The Book Thief' by Markus Zusak!.!.!.!. I can't really spoil it for anyone reading!.!.!.!. but it made me very upset!.

As for feeling good, I always enjoy Roddy Doyle's novels, even though they may not be feelgood stories!. 'Paddy Clarke Ha Ha' really was wonderful and I laughed so often, probably for the wrong reasons!.!.!.!.!

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For me it was john Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath!.

Although it was many years ago that I read it, and I have read hundreds since, this was the most emotional book I have ever read!. i wept and wept at the plight and downward spiral of a hardworking family!.

It really disturbed me at the time, to think that a whole family, their lives, dreams and future could be so completely destroyed by the greed of others!.

As for a book that made me laugh, well I had to think about that, (not really into laughing books)! But recently I read The Devil Wears Prada, a real good laugh at the fashion industry!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

When I first read "Prince of Tides" by Pat Conroy it reminded me so much of my family!. It was so real that I practically finished the book in a day!. Family difficulties/challenges that I can relate to in a book makes me evoke strong emotions!.

Short stories that also evoked strong emotions include the "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass"!. This was a tear-jerker!. Not only was this true but you can practically feel what he's going through as a slave!. "Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka was a good one too!. It really made me think of what/where I'm at in life/work!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

The HP series:- sad at their ending!. Cried when specific characters copped it!. Laughed out loud at some of the one-liners!.

Jilly Cooper writes a good yarn that fires up some emotions!

I'm avoiding reading "Curtain:Poirots last case" because it sounds just too sad!.

I was upset at the ending of Skin Priviledge by Karin Slaughter; I think plenty of her fans were because she had to post a blog explaining her reasoning!.

I know my choices are a bit ****, but I try to avoid literary pretensions! Oh, and I've just remembered 'Watership Down'!. Sob!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews!.!.!. I've never felt such strong emotions when reading a book!. It made me feel upset and angry most of the time, when there were moments of happiness for the children, it was followed by something dreadful!.

I just finished The Book Thief last night! Absolutely loved it!

A Thousand Splendid Suns was also very moving!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The "Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch was really good, the author died this past June!.!.!. It was a feel good book where one man got to say his goodbyes before leaving this world!. It inspired me to realize how much i should be thankful for!.!.!.

I just got done reading, "Lisey's Story" by Stephen King- it was a novel about love and how it can transcend death!.!.!.it was real interesting especially how it explores the concept of "bad gunky!." Www@QuestionHome@Com

I felt really disturbed all the way through We Need To Talk About Kevin!. So unsettling!.

The book that has evoked the strongest emotions from me however is Perks of Being a Wallflower!.

Something about the way the story is told it just brings to the surface this raw sadness every time I read it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I love that Roddy Doyle book Oms!.!.!.!.

I whinge all the time at books!. For happy and sad writing!.

Sad- The Good Women Of China
Sky Burial
Toast

Happy- Precious Bane-
My fave book I've whinged everytime I've read it ( countless)

also for the crying /laughing factor Tom Sharpe- Vintage Stuff is one of the few books that made me bellow out loud on public transport!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Oh my Goood!!! I read that book too!!! Or was I the one that recommended it to you in one of your questions!? :P
I have to admit I cried for about 3 days after reading it!.!.!.

Another one that made me weep was 'Ugly' by Constance Briscoe, about a girl bullied and neglected by her mother because she was 'ugly'!.

So what did you think of The Book Thief!? I thought it was FAB!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Notebook, Message in a Bottle, The Wedding, A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther
A book that Dale Evans wrote about the death of her daughter
Granny Dan by Danielle Steel

lots of others, but then I cry at commercials

Laughter - many of Nora Roberts, I Do I Do I Do by Maggie Osborne, Catch 22 by Joseph HellerWww@QuestionHome@Com

Mine would have to be Number Nine Dream by David Mitchell, it's such a quirky book but his imagery was so realistic it was like living through the eyes of the main character!. Thus feeling everything he felt!.!.

In short, it was very good!Www@QuestionHome@Com

"Helter Skelter"!.!.!.scared the you-know-what out of me! also, I happened to reading "Marathon Man" while taking a bath, and came to the part where 'the bad guys' were tiring to break into the bathroom by unscrewing the bathroom door hinges--got out of the tub pronto!Www@QuestionHome@Com

great question, and great to know so many people still read books, it has been a long time since I have taken the time to read a book, maybe because instant or quicker forms of entertainment is more fun for me now!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Ye its called Noughts and crosses i read the book then it reeally showed me some things so i went to see it in threater and even my dad cried you should read it excellent then the next book in the series is knife edgeWww@QuestionHome@Com

Made me cry

A Walk to Remeber by Nciholas Sparks
The Green Mile and The Stand both by Stephen King
Before I Die by Jenny Downham
An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan

Laugh out loud ones are:

Sorting out Billy by Jo Brand
A Wayne in a Manger by Gervase Phinn,
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
The Bible according to Spike Milligan
The Asbo Fairy Tales
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Lucky by Alice Sebold i read it in one sitting, it is a memoir of her brutal rape!. it made me cry, i felt really shocked afterwards,
It is a book that stay's with you for a long time!.
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I read a book a few months ago called 'Ugly' it really is sad, there is also a sequel called 'Beyond Ugly'Www@QuestionHome@Com

Sad:
Flowers for Algernon, The call of the wild!. The house of dolls!.

Happy!.

Catch-22!. Gingerbread man!.

Confused:

The three stigmata of Palmer EldritchWww@QuestionHome@Com

The Stand by Stephen King really got to me towards the end!.

and 'May contain nuts' (can't remember the author) has to be one of the funniest I ever read!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yeah - Of Mice and Men did it for me big time when I read it as a teen!. And most recently a David Gemmell book had me crying through the last half dozen pages!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Magus by John Fowles!. That book made me angry after I was done reading it!. It was great!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

'The gingerbread man' - fabulous book!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I was quite moved by 1984 - I stayed up all night reading it - I just couldn't sleep and couldn't put it down!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Sad books:
The Great Gatsby
Of Mice and Men
Long Day's Journey Into Night
LolitaWww@QuestionHome@Com

One of Tony Parsons books made me laugh, cry etc!. The title escapes me!. I'll get back to you on thatWww@QuestionHome@Com

The House on Beartown Road!.!.!.!.about coping with a parent suffering from dementiaWww@QuestionHome@Com

I bought 'Before I Die' the other day as a quick read - it made me cry!! Needless to say I was quite surprised!Www@QuestionHome@Com