To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee - Rated 
'To Kill a Mockingbird' is one of the best books I have read. I was moved to tears when finishing the last page. It is read through the eyes of Scout, a young girl, living in Maycombe, with her brother and father. Her father, Atticus, is a lawyer, who defends a black man accused by a white family. The book explains about predjudice in the 1930's, deep in the Southern States of America, and has a wonderful story line. The book tells of the events before, during and the aftermath of the trial of Tom Robinson, the man accused.
Many of the first chapters are about Boo Radley, a man locked up by his family, for committing a crime. We discover more about him as the book goes on. The book also has a wonderful finish.
The book is one that will stay with me for the whole of my life.
An absolute jewel of a book - Rated
Sometimes it just happens. You come across a book in a bookshop about which you have heard so much but just never got round to reading it. On impulse, you buy it. Hence my introduction to Harper Lee's timeless classic "To Kill a Mocking-Bird". In danger of stating the obvious, this is an absolute jewel of a book, beautifully written, profound, compelling and highly evocative. My only regret is not reading it 30 years ago.
If you only ever read one book.... - Rated
....you should read this one. Literature is a very personal thing, and there's more to it than the prima facie quality of the story, the characters, the setting, etc etc. More important than any of these things, is the point in your own life when you read a particular book and the relevance it has to you. You don't have to be Boo Radley or Atticus Finch, that's not it at all; but there's something in you at certain times in your life, when something like this picks you up and sweeps you along.
That's why, for me, this is the best book ever written. It captured and captivated me at a certain point in my life; and I'm taken back there whenever I re-read it. Very few other books have achieved the same feat; Moonfleet by J Meade-Falkner, Dickens' Great Expectations, Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath and George Eliot's The Mill on The Floss.
Try them all and maybe they'll capture you like they did me. After all, it would be a shame if all you had ever read was Tom Clancy....
Can't believe so many people are in love with this book! - Rated 
I don't think I'm the only person that found this book boring? It goes on forever, the story as in the theme and ideas are okay but it's not interestingly written, didn't hold my attention and took me an age to read. Maybe because I had to read it for school I dunno, I couldn't be bothered with it really. The rumour is that Harper Lee didn't even write it- don't know if it's true or not? But to be honest Capote is better than this.... controversial you might say?
Makes you stop and think.... - Rated
This book has been one of those books I have been wanting to read, but never got round to it. I did it, and all I can say is ... wow.
Within 50 years how times have changed, I cannot think of looking at someone as a second class citizen, yet back then, it was normal. This book puts alot of things into prospective. We may think we have it hard now, but we all need to thank our lucky stars of the the way he have life in the 00's.
Scout takes you through her eyes, and even though some places you will chuckle at the naivety of a small girl, others you have to pity how she thinks.
An excellent read for anyone in my opinion, young or old.
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