What's Your Desert Island Book?
If you were stuck on a desert island and could only take one book with you, what book would you bring and why?
Wait, what kind of island is this? I'm getting shipwrecked with foresight? Am I packing other things for this island?
Just go with it, ok? This is all fictional, though your book doesn't necessarily have to be. From the practical to the comforting to the unexpected, here's the books OPL staffers would want on their island.
Desert Island Books
Desert Island Books
I'd want this book with me if I was stuck on a desert island. This book makes me cry and gives me hope and reminds me why it's important to dream up better…
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If stuck on a desert island, this is the book I'd pick to have with me. I would want to create endless entertainment for myself in a world without internet…
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This is a story of a young college student whose life changes due to his travels throughout Asia. They radically due to starting a year abroad. Strong…
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The gripping character development and exciting plots would make being on an isolating desert less unbearable. (Book three of an ongoing series) - Shani…
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The writing is beautiful, the story is haunting, the book is captivating. --Irena
Desert Island Books
It's beautifully written historical fiction with complex characters, and I can read it over and over and always find something new. --Jesse
Desert Island Books
This little guidebook is loaded with colorful, eye-catching photographs. You will find out things such as... What is this mushroom and can I eat it? If…
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Although I generally prefer novels to short stories, if I had to rely on one book to have while stranded on a desert island, it would be a story collection…
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I've been reading Calvin and Hobbes nearly every day since I was 5 years old. It's the one series I can go back to again and again and always get something…
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With over 1000 songs--including King of the Road, Copacabana, Sultans of Swing, Don't Go Breaking My Heart, Love on the Rocks, and many more classic tunes--it…
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This is the book I'd want to be stuck with on a desert island. So I can shape the narration of my new, solitary life on this desert island in the most…
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I love reading about the first civilized nation in the history of the world. It's incredibly fascinating. It almost reads like utopian fiction, and can…
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Desert Island Books
It is a riveting account of his life from the first to the last page. It has historical significance, from fighting for women's rights, equal pay, and…
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I really like the visual map in the beginning of the book and the obvious parody of Ikea mixed with paranormal themes and the hold that capitalism has…
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It is an excellent book to bring if I am stranded on a desert island. This book has more than 500 pages and is an awarded-winning historical fiction. I…
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I'd want to have this book with me if I was stuck on a desert island. This historical fiction novel has tons of period detail and great characterization,…
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This book got me through a rough period and has stuck with me more than any other. It always give me hope and perspective. -Megan
Desert Island Books
This is an epic multicultural family drama about three young adults growing up in New York, Boston, and ending up in the Bay Area. --Yohan
Desert Island Books
This would be my choice of book if stuck on a desert island. Vengeance, chosen family, mermaids, killer bees, all brimmed with desire, these 'dangerous…
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Never Say You Can't Survive
Why would I pick this book to have with me if stuck on desert island? The subtitle says it all! This is a book about writing your way through dark times,…
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