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.

The Thief of Always

The Thief of Always
ByClive Barker

1992 • 120 Readers • 202 pages 4.1

Why this book?

One of the few horror novels I’ve ever read, and it’s stuck with me all these years. Only reread it once after the first time as a kid, and it all came back in a rush, yet was new all over again.

Hyperion

#1 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos

Hyperion
ByDan Simmons

1989 • 2,089 Readers • 492 pages 4.3

Why this book?

Of all the books I’ve read, I think I’ve reread this one & its sequels the most. There’s nothing quite like it.

Circe

Circe
ByMadeline Miller

2018 • 3,265 Readers • 409 pages 4.2

The Name of the Wind

#1 of 3 in The Kingkiller Chronicle

The Name of the Wind
ByPatrick Rothfuss

1 • 3,180 Readers • 669 pages 4.4

Ready Player One

#1 of 2 in Ready Player One

Ready Player One
ByErnest Cline

2008 • 3,388 Readers • 384 pages 4

The Hunger Games

#1 of 3 in The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games
BySuzanne Collins

2008 • 4,991 Readers • 384 pages 4.1

American Gods

#1 of 2 in American Gods

American Gods
ByNeil Gaiman

2001 • 3,034 Readers • 635 pages 4

The Hobbit

#0 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

The Hobbit
ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

1937 • 4,946 Readers • 300 pages 4.3

Why this book?

My introduction to fantasy

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

#1 of 8 in Harry Potter

1989 • 6,407 Readers • 309 pages 4.3

Mistborn: The Final Empire

#1 of 3 in The Mistborn Saga: The Original Trilogy

Mistborn: The Final Empire
ByBrandon Sanderson

2006 • 4,183 Readers • 534 pages 4.4

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

#1 of 6 in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

1979 • 4,295 Readers • 215 pages 4.2

The Way of Kings

#1 of 6 in The Stormlight Archive

The Way of Kings
ByBrandon Sanderson

2010 • 3,461 Readers • 1,007 pages 4.6

The Lord of the Rings

#1-3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings
ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

1954 • 1,861 Readers • 1,178 pages 4.5

Dune

#1 of 8 in Dune

Dune
ByFrank Herbert

1965 • 5,531 Readers • 704 pages 4.3