By African American Author Denise Turney

Books that really make you think aren’t always New York Times best sellers. In fact, if you’ve love reading books for years, you’ve stumbled across lesser known books that have had a deep impact on you. And, it doesn’t take a long time to realize that you’re treating yourself to a powerful book. You already know how easily a masterful writer can pull you into a story.

Powerful Emotionally Moving Books

Whether it’s an autobiography, memoir, book of poetry or great work of fiction, powerful, moving books are easy to connect to. You join in love with major and minor characters, refusing to put a book down because you just have to know what’s going to happen to the protagonist.

Before you know it, your defenses are down. You don’t even think about becoming defensive after a character with a struggle similar to yours enters the story. It’s as if the challenge is no longer yours, as if it all belongs to the character and, in that, you’re set free.

Instead of becoming defensive as you examine a deeply personal challenge through the eyes of a book character, you just keep reading, enjoying the deep work that’s both entertaining and enlightening. I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Moby Dick, Go Tell It On The Mountain, To Kill A Mockingbird, Stamped From The Beginning, Awaken The Giant Within and The 5 Love Languages are powerful books that have left a deep imprint on readers.

Books of Deep Heart and Mind Work

Even more, these books of deep work have stood the test of time. Other books like Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven, Ann Petry’s The Street and Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, leave a deep psychological and emotional imprint because of how an author exposes his or her own insecurities in the book. You might feel sorrow for the book’s characters or you might feel a kinship with these characters.

Books that really make you think also offer the gift that pricks and strengthens your awareness that you belong. Even if you’ve only been reading books for a few years, you may be surprised at how much you have learned. Better yet, you may be surprised at how much you’ve grown on the inside since you started reading books.

It’s part of the reason why books find more and more readers. You and other book lovers are, fortunately, eager to share gifts gained from reading powerful books. It’s then that word of mouth starts picking up steam. Before you know it, a rare gem is climbing up a bestseller list, is empowering so many more people.

World Of Books At Local Bookstores

If you’re looking for an added impact while reading books, consider listening to audio books, even if only every now and then. Why? Audio books engage more of your senses. In fact, your hearing, inner vision and emotions are sparked while you enjoy audio books.

You also might be surprised how many hidden gems are at bookstores near you. Even more, local bookstores may carry out-of-print and backlist books that you might not otherwise find. Of course, you can explore books to read online. But, you might not find the best rare gems even at the largest online book retailers.

Also, whether you’re reading Love Pour Over Me, Long Walk Up or The Matter Is Life, open to what good books offer readers. You might find a long awaited healing as you continue reading these and other good books.

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