Patrick Benight
What are your favorite books of all time?Answer
When you think back on every book you've ever read, what are some of your favorites? These can be from any time of your life – books that resonated with you as a kid, ones that shaped your personality as a teen, or ones that inspired you. Whatever conditions you want. These are your favorites after all.
Why this book?
James S. A. Corey built an entire universe to fit his creation, and even then, had time to fit in political intrigue, ship dogfights, and biological evolutions into the stories within this series. Masterful science fiction. Doors and corners.
#1 of 3 in The Handmaid's Tale
1985 • 3,468 Readers • 324 pages • 4.1
Why this book?
Margaret Atwood displays her mastery of near-reality fiction with this dystopian novel set in a future where fertility becomes political, and religion becomes policy. Under his eye.
2018 • 3,286 Readers • 409 pages • 4.2
Why this book?
Madeline Miller's use of lyrical prose and imaginative retelling of a poorly understood Greek goddess provides a magnificent lens into the power (and powerlessness) of being a woman and a witch. But, Witches are not so delicate.
Why this book?
Ernest Cline captures the love and adoration of games and "nerd" culture from their inceptions in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and ties them into a masterful treasure hunt with honestly interesting and intriguing solutions.
2021 • 4,600 Readers • 496 pages • 4.4
Why this book?
Andy Weir somehow made MATH exciting to read about, and wrote amnesia in a way that was realistic and not a convenient plot choice or deus ex machina.
Why this book?
N. K. Jemisin established her place in my mind as one of the preeminent minds of worldbuilding through this series. Never would I have thought the second person POV could be enjoyable in a book, but rust, she makes it work.