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.

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

1997 • 756 Readers 4.3

My Year of Running Dangerously: A Dad, a Daughter, and a Ridiculous Plan

2015 • 15 Readers • 206 pages 4.6

Positive

Positive
ByDavid Wellington

2015 • 15 Readers • 493 pages 3.6

The Mountain Between Us

The Mountain Between Us
ByCharles Martin

2010 • 41 Readers • 326 pages 4.1

Elephant Run

Elephant Run
ByRoland Smith

2007 • 4 Readers • 318 pages 3.3

Shoe Dog

Shoe Dog
ByPhil Knight

2016 • 628 Readers • 400 pages 4.4

Jaws

#1 of 3 in Jaws

Jaws
ByPeter Benchley

1974 • 269 Readers • 311 pages 3.6

A Monster Calls

A Monster Calls
ByPatrick Ness

2011 • 788 Readers • 226 pages 4.3

The Ragamuffin Gospel

The Ragamuffin Gospel
ByBrennan Manning

1990 • 48 Readers • 240 pages 4.2

Sooley

Sooley
ByJohn Grisham

2021 • 45 Readers • 497 pages 3.8

Elevation

Elevation
ByStephen King

2018 • 559 Readers • 160 pages 3.5

Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here
ByJodi Picoult

2021 • 224 Readers • 385 pages 3.7

The Gray Man

#1 of 14 in Gray Man

The Gray Man
ByMark Greaney

2009 • 164 Readers • 417 pages 3.8

Dry

Dry
ByNeal Shusterman,Jarrod Shusterman

2018 • 194 Readers • 390 pages 4

Counting by 7s

Counting by 7s
ByHolly Goldberg Sloan

2013 • 111 Readers • 386 pages 4.1

The Last Green Valley

The Last Green Valley
ByMark T. Sullivan

67 Readers 4.5

The Light in Hidden Places

2020 • 41 Readers • 400 pages 4.4

A long walk to water

A long walk to water
ByLinda Sue Park

2009 • 70 Readers • 145 pages 4.3

The War I Finally Won

#2 of 2 in The War That Saved My Life

The War I Finally Won
ByKimberly Brubaker Bradley

2017 • 52 Readers • 402 pages 4.8

The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

2018 • 140 Readers 4.1

The War That Saved My Life

#1 of 2 in The War That Saved My Life

The War That Saved My Life
ByKimberly Brubaker Bradley

2015 • 135 Readers • 336 pages 4.5

The Names They Gave Us

2017 • 44 Readers • 403 pages 4.4

Ready Player One

#1 of 2 in Ready Player One

Ready Player One
ByErnest Cline

2008 • 3,838 Readers • 384 pages 4

The Institute

The Institute
ByStephen King

2019 • 1,085 Readers • 496 pages 4

The Magnolia Story

The Magnolia Story
ByChip Gaines

2016 • 48 Readers • 191 pages 4.1

Educated: A Memoir

Educated: A Memoir
ByTara Westover

2018 • 2,006 Readers • 352 pages 4.4

Beneath a Scarlet Sky

Beneath a Scarlet Sky
ByMark T. Sullivan

288 Readers 4.3

Send Down the Rain

Send Down the Rain
ByCharles Martin

2018 • 10 Readers • 350 pages 4

A Man Called Ove

A Man Called Ove
ByFredrik Backman,Henning Koch(Translator)

2012 • 1,681 Readers • 352 pages 4.4

A Higher Call

A Higher Call
ByAdam Makos,Larry Alexander

2012 • 48 Readers • 392 pages 4.5

The Stand

The Stand
ByStephen King

1978 • 2,072 Readers • 1,553 pages 4.1

The Return of the King

#3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

The Return of the King
ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

1950 • 1,952 Readers • 432 pages 4.6

The Two Towers

#2 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

The Two Towers
ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

1954 • 2,963 Readers • 725 pages 4.4

The Fellowship of the Ring

#1 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

1954 • 4,392 Readers • 398 pages 4.4

The Hobbit

#0 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

The Hobbit
ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

10 • 5,605 Readers • 300 pages 4.3

One Second After

#1 of 2 in John Matherson

One Second After
ByWilliam R. Forstchen

2009 • 195 Readers • 532 pages 3.6

Jurassic Park

#1 of 2 in Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park
ByMichael Crichton

1990 • 1,965 Readers • 805 pages 4.1

The Book Thief

The Book Thief
ByMarkus Zusak

2005 • 2,970 Readers • 552 pages 4.3

Why this book?

such vivid story telling told in such a unique way with death as a character.