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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?
Wonderful space opera and the world-building was awesome.
1894 • 1,352 Readers • 144 pages • 3.7
Why this book?
Adventure and romance and exploration of the future - this book had it all
Why this book?
Classic tale of alien invasion told by a master storyteller
#1-2 of 7 in All Creatures Great and Small
1972 • 129 Readers • 448 pages • 4.3
Why this book?
Great introduction to the series and transported me back to a simpler time. Wonderful characters and situations.
Why this book?
Read this in elementary school and was absolutely captivated by the concept of traveling through the human body on a high-stakes mission. Asimov's prose made it better than the movie, which I viewed years later.
2 Readers • 4
Why this book?
Another winner from my elementary school days. Loved the fast-paced action and of course the dinosaurs!
#1 of 5 in Professor Challenger
1900 • 164 Readers • 224 pages • 3.8
1964 • 2 Readers • 140 pages • 4
Why this book?
As a youngster I had been looking for books based on the "Time Tunnel" TV show when I found this little gem. I soon got over my disappointment that it was not based on the TV show when I began reading it. Wonderful story!
#1-6 of 39 in Sherlock Holmes
1887 • 443 Readers • 1,122 pages • 4.5
Why this book?
A classic in every sense of the term - wonderful characters, impeccable logic, enduring mysteries that stand up over multiple readings.
#1 of 3 in Children of Time
2015 • 1,943 Readers • 600 pages • 4.3
Why this book?
Another unique premise and an excellent example of having a point to view from something intelligent but not human. First in an excellent trilogy.
#1 of 3 in The Final Architecture
2021 • 599 Readers • 592 pages • 4
Why this book?
A very unique premise and excellent character- and universe-building and a great first book in the trilogy
Why this book?
Wonderful tale of a cyber quest with excellent referential tributes to familiar cultural tropes.
1962 • 2 Readers • 195 pages • 4
Why this book?
This was the first science fiction book I read as an elementary school student, and it started me on the path to reading for pleasure.
#1 of 3 in The Space Trilogy
1938 • 315 Readers • 155 pages • 3.8
Why this book?
The epic first entry in the series and a wonderful introduction to the works of the author. Great "ordinary man" protagonist, wonderful aliens and language, and a universe with believable Christian underpinnings.
Why this book?
Introduced to this as an elementary school student by a friend, I fell in love with the world and characters Tolkien created.
Why this book?
Wonderful and rich introduction to the universe created by the author.
Why this book?
Dinosaurs in a book written for adults? Yes, please.
Why this book?
An almost perfect coming-of-age tale with epic personal struggles and threatening aliens
Why this book?
An epic coming-of-age story with complex characters, intense action, and galactic empire impacts.