Prompts

What are your favorite books of all time?

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 Lord of the Rings

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

1954 • 1,822 Readers • 1,178 pages 4.5

Dune

#1 of 8 in Dune

1965 • 5,388 Readers • 704 pages 4.3

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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

1979 • 4,181 Readers • 215 pages 4.2

1984

1949 • 6,691 Readers • 328 pages 4.2

The Way of Kings

#1 of 6 in The Stormlight Archive

2010 • 3,374 Readers • 1,007 pages 4.6

Mistborn: The Final Empire

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

2006 • 4,082 Readers • 534 pages 4.5

Pride and Prejudice

6 Cozy Classics

1811 • 3,148 Readers • 342 pages 4.2

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

#1 of 8 in Harry Potter

1989 • 6,270 Readers • 309 pages 4.3

The Hobbit

#0 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

1937 • 4,836 Readers • 300 pages 4.3

Project Hail Mary

2021 • 4,429 Readers • 496 pages 4.4

The Martian

#1 of 1 in The Martian

2011 • 3,620 Readers • 384 pages 4.4

The Hunger Games

#1 of 3 in The Hunger Games

2008 • 4,866 Readers • 384 pages 4.1

The Fellowship of the Ring

#1 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

1954 • 3,805 Readers • 398 pages 4.4

Ender's Game

#1 of 6 in Ender's Saga

1985 • 2,935 Readers • 256 pages 4.3

The Name of the Wind

#1 of 3 in The Kingkiller Chronicle

1 • 3,102 Readers • 669 pages 4.4

The Song of Achilles

2011 • 3,219 Readers • 384 pages 4.3

The Lightning Thief

#1 of 9 in Percy Jackson and the Olympians

2000 • 2,704 Readers • 377 pages 4

Jane Eyre

1847 • 2,244 Readers • 580 pages 4

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

#3 of 8 in Harry Potter

8 • 4,797 Readers • 547 pages 4.4

Ready Player One

#1 of 2 in Ready Player One

2008 • 3,302 Readers • 384 pages 4

The Two Towers

#2 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

1954 • 2,547 Readers • 725 pages 4.4

To Kill a Mockingbird

1960 • 4,181 Readers • 323 pages 4.2

The Return of the King

#3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

1950 • 1,647 Readers • 432 pages 4.6

American Gods

#1 of 2 in American Gods

2001 • 2,970 Readers • 635 pages 4

The Book Thief

2005 • 2,619 Readers • 552 pages 4.3

A Game of Thrones

#1 of 6 in A Song of Ice and Fire

1996 • 3,777 Readers • 819 pages 4.4

And Then There Were None

1939 • 2,238 Readers • 116 pages 4.2

Hyperion

#1 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos

1989 • 2,022 Readers • 492 pages 4.3

The Count of Monte Cristo

4 Le Comte de Monte-Cristo

1830 • 2,047 Readers • 1,276 pages 4.3

A Court of Mist and Fury

#2 of 5 in A Court of Thorns and Roses

2016 • 1,955 Readers • 659 pages 4.4

Words of Radiance

#2 of 6 in The Stormlight Archive

2012 • 2,028 Readers • 1,328 pages 4.7

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

#5 of 8 in Harry Potter

8 • 4,400 Readers • 896 pages 4.3

The Picture of Dorian Grey

1890 • 2,823 Readers • 186 pages 4.1

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Reidverse

2017 • 2,919 Readers • 400 pages 4.3

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

#6 of 8 in Harry Potter

8 • 4,293 Readers • 672 pages 4.4

Circe

2018 • 3,206 Readers • 409 pages 4.2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

#7 of 8 in Harry Potter

8 • 4,282 Readers • 784 pages 4.4

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

#4 of 8 in Harry Potter

19 • 4,612 Readers • 752 pages 4.4

The Stand

1978 • 1,811 Readers • 1,553 pages 4.2

The Great Gatsby

1920 • 3,934 Readers • 180 pages 3.7

Frankenstein

181 • 2,971 Readers • 353 pages 3.9

Fourth Wing

#1 of 3 in The Empyrean

2023 • 3,229 Readers • 678 pages 4

Piranesi

2019 • 2,809 Readers • 246 pages 4.2

Slaughterhouse 5

2 Critical Insights

1968 • 2,807 Readers • 292 pages 4.1

Flowers for Algernon

19 • 1,958 Readers • 311 pages 4.3

The Little Prince

1 • 2,284 Readers • 136 pages 4.2

The Catcher in the Rye

1951 • 3,322 Readers • 288 pages 3.6

Anne of Green Gables

#1 of 13 in Anne of Green Gables

1908 • 1,021 Readers • 326 pages 4.3

Gideon the Ninth

#1 of 4 in The Locked Tomb

2019 • 1,900 Readers • 448 pages 4.1

Dark Matter

2016 • 2,618 Readers • 340 pages 4

Crime and Punishment

1857 • 2,332 Readers • 602 pages 4.3

The Handmaid's Tale

#1 of 3 in The Handmaid's Tale

1985 • 3,367 Readers • 324 pages 4.1

The Secret History

1992 • 2,321 Readers • 578 pages 4

The Night Circus

2011 • 2,244 Readers • 387 pages 3.9

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

2022 • 3,216 Readers • 397 pages 4.1

East of Eden

1939 • 1,521 Readers • 601 pages 4.5

11/22/63

2011 • 1,712 Readers • 849 pages 4.3

Fahrenheit 451

1953 • 4,238 Readers • 227 pages 3.9

Watership Down

#1 of 2 in Watership Down

1972 • 1,031 Readers • 385 pages 4.1

Neuromancer

#1 of 3 in Sprawl

1984 • 2,084 Readers • 271 pages 3.8

The Shining

#1 of 2 in The Shining

1977 • 2,072 Readers • 539 pages 4.1

Wuthering Heights

Continuum Contemporaries

1847 • 1,968 Readers • 376 pages 3.6

The Road

1974 • 2,269 Readers • 287 pages 4

Leviathan Wakes

#1 of 10 in The Expanse

2011 • 2,313 Readers • 621 pages 4.2

Persuasion

19 • 984 Readers • 324 pages 4.1

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

#2 of 8 in Harry Potter

1998 • 4,839 Readers • 332 pages 4.2

The Fifth Season

#1 of 3 in The Broken Earth

2015 • 2,572 Readers • 421 pages 4.3

The Golden Compass

#1 of 3 in His Dark Materials

1995 • 2,250 Readers • 399 pages 4

This Is How You Lose the Time War

2019 • 2,714 Readers • 223 pages 3.9

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

#1 of 2 in Aristotle and Dante

2012 • 1,116 Readers • 368 pages 4.2

A Little Life

2015 • 1,853 Readers • 720 pages 4.1

A Court of Thorns and Roses

#1 of 5 in A Court of Thorns and Roses

2014 • 2,956 Readers • 440 pages 3.7

Jurassic Park

#1 of 2 in Jurassic Park

1990 • 1,684 Readers • 805 pages 4.1

Dracula

1897 • 2,475 Readers • 410 pages 3.9

Little Women

#1 of 3 in Little Women

198 • 1,790 Readers • 449 pages 4

All Systems Red

#1 of 7 in The Murderbot Diaries

2017 • 3,143 Readers • 90 pages 4.1

Red Rising

#1 of 6 in Red Rising Saga

2014 • 3,179 Readers • 382 pages 4.1

The House in the Cerulean Sea

#1 of 2 in Cerulean Chronicles

2020 • 2,296 Readers • 400 pages 4.3

Children of Time

#1 of 3 in Children of Time

2015 • 1,877 Readers • 600 pages 4.3

The Shadow of the Wind

#1 of 1 in The Cemetery of Forgotten Books

2001 • 1,318 Readers • 487 pages 4.1

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

2020 • 2,675 Readers • 448 pages 4.1

Six of Crows

#1 of 2 in Six of Crows

2015 • 2,517 Readers • 465 pages 4.3

The Midnight Library

5 • 3,512 Readers • 288 pages 3.8

Animal Farm

1945 • 4,695 Readers • 122 pages 4

Howl's Moving Castle

#1 of 3 in Howl's Moving Castle

1986 • 1,451 Readers • 448 pages 4.2

The Brothers Karamazov

1878 • 1,450 Readers • 908 pages 4.4

Station Eleven

2014 • 2,127 Readers • 333 pages 4.1

Assassin's Apprentice

#1 of 3 in The Farseer Trilogy

1995 • 1,229 Readers • 400 pages 4.1

Catch-22

#1 of 2 in Catch-22

1961 • 1,868 Readers • 466 pages 4

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

#1 of 2 in Monk and Robot

2021 • 1,623 Readers • 160 pages 4.3

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

#1 of 7 in The Chronicles of Narnia (Publication Order)

1950 • 2,358 Readers • 146 pages 4

The Lies of Locke Lamora

#1 of 3 in Gentleman Bastard

2006 • 2,142 Readers • 745 pages 4.3

Lolita

1954 • 1,830 Readers • 331 pages 3.9

Recursion

2005 • 1,779 Readers • 329 pages 4.2

A Wizard of Earthsea

#1 of 6 in Earthsea Cycle

1968 • 1,707 Readers • 210 pages 3.9

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

1999 • 1,949 Readers • 240 pages 4.1

The Eye of the World

#1 of 14 in The Wheel of Time

1990 • 2,219 Readers • 708 pages 4