The Godfather
The Godfather is a crime novel by American author Mario Puzo. Originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, the novel details the story of a fictional Mafia family in New York City (and Long Beach, New York), headed by Vito Corleone. Puzo's dedication for The Godfather is "For Anthony Cleri". The novel's epigraph is by the French author Honoré de Balzac: "Behind every great fortune there is a crime." The novel covers the years 1945 to 1955 and includes the back story of Vito Corleone from early childhood to adulthood.
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- For me "The Godfather" by Mario Puzo, "Ender's Shadow" by Orson Scott Card and the Bhagvad Gita
- J. R. R. Tolkien's Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings,
Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe,
Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island,
Most of the Jules Verne's books,
The Iliad and The Odyssey from Homer,
The Godfather from Mario Puzo,
Hermit in Paris, Under the Jaguar Sun, The Complete Cosmicomics from Italo Calvino,
The Name of the Rose from Umberto Eco,
In the World from Maxim Gorky,
...
First works coming to mind but there should be more... Also I probably re-read many times basic printed materials related Abrahamic religions like Torah, Quran and Bible.
Re-reading is inevitable if you love books.
- The novel "The Godfather" by Mario Puzo was outstanding and should be read in order to fully enjoy the films.
- no serious critic would place it on a list of 1,000 best novels.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jan/23/bestbooks-fict...
I don't know why everyone has to crap on that novel every time the movie comes up. Much of the movie is a straight copy from the book, including plenty of word-for-word dialogue reuse. The book does have a couple of subplots that are embarrassingly bad, though--almost as if Puzo felt the need to tack on some halted novellas he had in his drawer.... Lush Life by Richard Price The Godfather by Mario Puzo V by Thomas Pynchon ... - I think it is not possible to compare. The book is an epic experience and a teaching (that also takes time). The film is a good film. I saw it after reading the book. The effect is the same as reading Mario Puzo and after seeing the movie The Godfather (great movie but the book is another story)
- If by positive impact you mean most enjoyable, then:
The Godfather, Mario Puzo (Film good, Novel excellent) Anna Karenin, Leo Tolstoy (Best novelist ever IMO) Rendezvous With Rama Series, Arthur Clarke (Great) Replay, Ken Grimley? (Cool story)
