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In a fictional scenario where you get to keep just one book the rest of your life, which book would it be?

Asked by mazingerz88 (29260points) September 13th, 2011

And no borrowing or lending either. Sorry. : )

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Hawaii_Jake's avatar

The Illiad by Homer. It’s all in there.

jrpowell's avatar

Siddhartha.

tlm's avatar

Book? You mean like paper book? I don’t even use those anymore.

ucme's avatar

Great sex for the over sixties by Ivor Ardon.
I’m going to need it eventually so it’s gotta be a keeper.

Aethelflaed's avatar

Harry Potter 3. Its soothing, fantastical nature would help me cope with this reality where I cannot read anything else.

Hibernate's avatar

Simple :) I’d pick The Bible. Don’t need more.

everephebe's avatar

I’m trapped on a deserted island right? A book of matches then.~

AmWiser's avatar

The Bible, most definitly. There are a myriad of stories to read in it.
Hopefully by the end of my life I will come to understand its meaning/message.

Haleth's avatar

An anthology of poems.

gailcalled's avatar

Joyce’s Ulysses.

King_Pariah's avatar

Karma sutra or Steppenwolf or Demian or romance of the three kingdoms… I don’t know, there’s so many to choose from!

Prosb's avatar

I’ll let you know when I finish the Discworld Series.

WillWorkForChocolate's avatar

The Collected Works of William Shakespeare.

ddude1116's avatar

I’d choose an enchanted book.

Seek's avatar

Just one book, forever?

Uhm…

How could I choose?

I suppose the omnibus edition of Lord of the Rings.

HungryGuy's avatar

Do I have a computer? I don’t need any books…

Paradox1's avatar

As Man Thinketh by James Allen

AshLeigh's avatar

The Bible.

Berserker's avatar

I don’t know, but it would have to be a picture book. Either a porn mag or an illustrated encyclopedia about diseases.

wildpotato's avatar

In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust.

Sunny2's avatar

The Bible, just because I’ve never read it. I always promised myself I would, but every time I start, I get bogged down in Exodus.

martianspringtime's avatar

Probably Overqualified by Joey Comeau.
I have a lot of favourite books that I love just as much, if not more (and I hesitate to pick the one of them that is so short!) but I’ve gone back to it the most and foresee myself wanting to go back to it quite a few more times in the future.

Ela's avatar

I would take the dictionary… and an endless supply of paper and pens so I could write down all my favorite stories.

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