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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.

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Lolita
Lolita
  • Vladimir Nabokov
3.911,022 reads
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow
  • Amor Towles
4.23544 reads
Catching Fire
Catching Fire
  • Suzanne Collins
4.13,537 reads
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar
  • Sylvia Plath
3.951,024 reads
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
  • Becky Chambers
4.141,016 reads
Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood
  • Haruki Murakami
  • Jay Rubin
3.91,022 reads
Sabriel
Sabriel
  • Garth Nix
4.14438 reads
A Storm of Swords
A Storm of Swords
  • George R.R. Martin
4.531,786 reads
Throne of Glass
Throne of Glass
  • Sarah J. Maas
3.871,350 reads
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride
  • William Goldman
4.19896 reads
Red, White & Royal Blue
Red, White & Royal Blue
  • Casey McQuiston
4.061,047 reads
Annihilation
Annihilation
  • Jeff VanderMeer
3.721,171 reads
The Priory of the Orange Tree
The Priory of the Orange Tree
  • Samantha Shannon
4.07620 reads
Tress of the Emerald Sea
Tress of the Emerald Sea
  • Brandon Sanderson
4.451,059 reads
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness
  • Ursula K. Le Guin
4.06835 reads
It
It
  • Stephen King
4.061,092 reads
Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian
  • Cormac McCarthy
4.1497 reads
The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion
  • J.R.R. Tolkien
3.94694 reads
A Man Called Ove
A Man Called Ove
  • Fredrik Backman
  • Henning Koch (Translator)
4.37909 reads
Speaker for the Dead
Speaker for the Dead
  • Orson Scott Card
4.13808 reads
Uprooted
Uprooted
  • Naomi Novik
3.95678 reads
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
  • John Steinbeck
3.82791 reads
The Hero of Ages
The Hero of Ages
  • Brandon Sanderson
4.562,050 reads
Outlander
Outlander
  • Diana Gabaldon
3.91636 reads
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
  • Holly Jackson
4.17946 reads
Educated: A Memoir
Educated: A Memoir
  • Tara Westover
4.431,107 reads
Brave New World
Brave New World
  • Aldous Huxley
3.882,483 reads
Harrow the Ninth
Harrow the Ninth
  • Tamsyn Muir
4.18508 reads
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
  • Susanna Clarke
3.99677 reads
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
  • Robin Wall Kimmerer
4.53252 reads
Oathbringer
Oathbringer
  • Brandon Sanderson
4.561,438 reads
Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove
  • Larry McMurtry
4.62251 reads
Eragon
Eragon
  • Christopher Paolini
3.631,589 reads
Snow Crash
Snow Crash
  • Neal Stephenson
3.961,054 reads
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
  • Max Brooks
3.91,023 reads
Wool
Wool
  • Hugh Howey
4.121,064 reads
The Wise Man's Fear
The Wise Man's Fear
  • Patrick Rothfuss
4.431,433 reads
Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
  • James Clear
4.211,537 reads
The Complete Chronicles of Narnia
The Complete Chronicles of Narnia
  • C. S. Lewis
4.07746 reads
The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed
  • Ursula K. Le Guin
4.21504 reads
Matilda
Matilda
  • Roald Dahl
4.27868 reads
The Starless Sea
The Starless Sea
  • Erin Morgenstern
3.95470 reads
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose
  • Umberto Eco
  • William Weaver (Translator)
4.02507 reads
A Memory Called Empire
A Memory Called Empire
  • Arkady Martine
4.16572 reads
Interview with the Vampire
Interview with the Vampire
  • Anne Rice
3.77744 reads
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time
  • Madeleine L'Engle
3.751,264 reads
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
  • Ottessa Moshfegh
3.72572 reads
Skyward
Skyward
  • Brandon Sanderson
4.43776 reads
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
  • Michael Chabon
4.22328 reads
The Stranger
The Stranger
  • Albert Camus
  • Matthew Ward (Translator)
3.941,722 reads
The Alchemist
The Alchemist
  • Paulo Coelho
3.512,113 reads
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife
  • Audrey Niffenegger
3.94821 reads
Gone Girl
Gone Girl
  • Gillian Flynn
3.951,553 reads
Mockingjay
Mockingjay
  • Suzanne Collins
3.83,123 reads
Legends & Lattes
Legends & Lattes
  • Travis Baldree
4.141,428 reads
The Cruel Prince
The Cruel Prince
  • Holly Black
3.81,004 reads
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas
  • David Mitchell
3.93552 reads
The Amber Spyglass
The Amber Spyglass
  • Philip Pullman
4.02876 reads
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass: Lavishly Illustrated with Interactive Elements
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass: Lavishly Illustrated with Interactive Elements
  • Lewis Carroll
3.98693 reads
A Monster Calls
A Monster Calls
  • Patrick Ness
4.34420 reads
The Giver
The Giver
  • Lois Lowry
3.981,937 reads
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
  • William Golding
3.562,488 reads
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
  • Milan Kundera
  • Michael Henry Heim (Translator)
3.9462 reads
Ancillary Justice
Ancillary Justice
  • Ann Leckie
3.99693 reads
Rhythm of War
Rhythm of War
  • Brandon Sanderson
4.561,119 reads
Holes
Holes
  • Louis Sachar
3.96889 reads
Neverwhere
Neverwhere
  • Neil Gaiman
4.131,117 reads
House of Leaves
House of Leaves
  • Mark Z. Danielewski
4.09538 reads
Carry On
Carry On
  • Rainbow Rowell
4.09463 reads
Kingdom of Ash
Kingdom of Ash
  • Sarah J. Maas
4.55600 reads
Crooked Kingdom
Crooked Kingdom
  • Leigh Bardugo
4.43961 reads
The Last Wish
The Last Wish
  • Andrzej Sapkowski
4.061,327 reads
The Outsiders
The Outsiders
  • S. E. Hinton
3.951,032 reads
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
  • John Steinbeck
3.82,092 reads
Hamlet
Hamlet
  • William Shakespeare
  • Millôr Fernandes (Translator)
4.031,171 reads
Watchmen
Watchmen
  • Alan Moore
4.421,223 reads
Oryx and Crake
Oryx and Crake
  • Margaret Atwood
3.87506 reads
The Last Olympian
The Last Olympian
  • Rick Riordan
4.321,362 reads
The Three-Body Problem
The Three-Body Problem
  • Cixin Liu
  • Ken Liu (Translator)
3.942,112 reads
The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code
  • Dan Brown
3.562,215 reads
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
  • Jon Krakauer
4.26439 reads
A Prayer For Owen Meany
A Prayer For Owen Meany
  • John Irving
4.11260 reads
Cat's Cradle
Cat's Cradle
  • Kurt Vonnegut
4.08870 reads
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore
  • Haruki Murakami
  • Philip Gabriel (Translator)
3.99896 reads
A Canticle for Leibowitz
A Canticle for Leibowitz
  • Walter M. Miller Jr.
3.94386 reads
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns
  • Khaled Hosseini
4.34660 reads
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
  • Becky Chambers
4.33520 reads
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
  • Haruki Murakami
  • Jay Rubin (Translator)
4.04596 reads
Daisy Jones & The Six
Daisy Jones & The Six
  • Taylor Jenkins Reid
4.06951 reads
War and Peace
War and Peace
  • Leo Tolstoy
4.07371 reads
Anathem
Anathem
  • Neal Stephenson
4.14347 reads
Pachinko
Pachinko
  • Min Jin Lee
4.24598 reads
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
  • Agatha Christie
4.23594 reads
If We Were Villains
If We Were Villains
  • M.L. Rio
3.95528 reads
The Subtle Knife
The Subtle Knife
  • Philip Pullman
4.11981 reads
I Who Have Never Known Men
I Who Have Never Known Men
  • Jacqueline Harpman
4.26293 reads
Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning
  • Viktor E. Frankl
4.23895 reads
Heir of Fire
Heir of Fire
  • Sarah J. Maas
4.31916 reads
The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp
  • John Irving
3.98195 reads
Seveneves
Seveneves
  • Neal Stephenson
3.93603 reads