What is the most powerful story you ever read?

Question: What is the most powerful story you ever read!?

You can define powerful as terrible, inspiring, sickening, uplifting, hilarious, offensive; whatever you like, but it moved you in some real way, you were not the same person when you were done!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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I would have to say, for a single book it was "The Thorn Birds"!.

For a Series it was John Jake's "North & South"

For Trilogies it would be Terry Brooks' Word & Void Trilogy

For the ultimate reading experience it would be the Shannara Trilogys (which now include the Word & Void Trilogys)

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Billee B

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One of the best all around series I have ever read are "The Shadow Children" by Marget Peterson Haddix!. One of the most inspiring books I have ever read (beside the Bible) is actually a tie between : Little Women by Lousia Mae Alcott, Reincarnation by Suzanne Weyn , & Twilight Child by Sally Warner!. They are all very different but all very good and they will change you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Prince Ombra by Roderick Macleish- I almost cried at the end!. That is not a typical reaction for books!. It's such a beautiful story that I suggested it to my English teacher and she read it and loved it!. And trust me, she is a good judge of books!. It's a mature read, but is that what you're looking for!?

The Host by Stephanie Meyer and Burned by Ellen Hopkins also had amazing endings!. The kind that when you finish you just sit there and say "Wow"!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Little Prince, A Wrinkle in Time, The Phantom Tollbooth, Freakonomics and Harry Potter (just because it forced me to understand complex issues quickly!.!.!.I was five)!. also, though it's cliche- The Da Vinci Code, because it really made me question things!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

There's two!. East of Eden(inspiring, moving!.!.!.)
Twilight(and all subsequent)(terrible, sickening, offensive)Www@QuestionHome@Com

"The Savage Detectives" by Roberto Bola?o!. Absolutely indescribable for its power and mystery!. By the end, I was tearing up, and completely in awe!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Current favorite: The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis!. Totally blew me away!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The autobiography of Malcolm X as told to by Alex Haley!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Power of One by Bryce CourtenayWww@QuestionHome@Com

The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinWww@QuestionHome@Com

gossebumpsWww@QuestionHome@Com

Mm!.!.!.!.!.!. the pigman!? read it when I was little!. Stupidly boring!.Www@QuestionHome@Com