The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

5 stars — It's difficult to describe the plot of this book. It's really just an nonsensical adventure across the galaxy with a band of idiots, a depressed robot and some mice. It has lots of technobabble, absurdist imagery, and that number of great importance 42.

In truth, none of this book makes much sense, and to me that's the joy of it. It's charming, witty, funny, with that classic British humour you expect to see in Monty Python or Roald Dahl.

There is some semblance of plot. The Earth is destroyed and our characters are thrust into space. But Adams takes the story is so many weird and unexpected directions. It is also probably the most quotable book I've ever read. There are so many memorable lines here that really make you laugh.