# What was the first book you fell in love with? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 14, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-book-you-fell-in-love-with/109080 "2002-05-14T20:50:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-book-you-fell-in-love-with/109080/81 "2002-05-19T20:39:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus \* > \*\ ***Tom Sawyer** > > I still to this day remember being home sick from school one day and my father bringing me home a paperback copy of Tom Sawyer to help me feel better. That day began a love of Mark Twain which has continued to this day. \*\* I was six years old when I read this book and I couldn’t get enough of it. I still re-read it at least once a year. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-book-you-fell-in-love-with/109080/82 "2002-05-20T17:46:54Z")
Beat to Quarters, the first in the Hornblower series. I could read the opening chapter a hundred times. You start by observing Captain Hornblower from outside, the second paragraph pulls you into his head, and he is so real and so human… My dad turned me on to him. Thanks, Dad! Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-book-you-fell-in-love-with/109080/83 "2002-05-20T18:44:07Z")
The Spaceship Under the Apple Tree" by Louis Slobodkin. It turned me on to Science Fiction even before Star Trek. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-book-you-fell-in-love-with/109080.md?page=4)