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There is too much out there for only one favorite book. The favorite book is only until I read the next good book.
But I always keep returning to Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is also an all-time favorite of mine.
My favorite books are probably Mrs. Chippy’s Last Expedition: The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton’s Polar-Bound Cat by Caroline Alexander, The Plutonium Files: America’s Secret Medical Experiments in the Cold War by Eileen Welsome, Stoner by John Williams, and Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes.
Edit: Oh yeah, and Hitchhiker’s Guide, of course.
I loved Stoner. Such a simple story, but a really complete take on a type of American life. Was a recommendation from a forum as well — so thanks to you for starting a conversation here and looking forward to seeing what folks most enjoy reading.
Favorite is hard, but for memorable, Bridge to Terabithia is definitely one of the most memorable ones.
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Favorite Book: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy or maybe The Name of the Wind
Favorite Series: The Dresden Files
Standalone book: The Neverending Story
Book series: It’s a hard choice between The Hitchhiker’s Guide by Douglas Adams and His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
I’ve read a ton of books but the ending of His Dark Materials broke me in so many ways. I don’t think I’ve ever had marzipan but that one word (and the scenes around it) are so memorable in how bittersweet they were.
His Dark Materials is one of the very best. I want to go back and read those books again.
One Hundred Years of Solitude / Cien Años de Soledad. Breathtaking in Spanish, beautiful in English. A mythic journey through so many volumes of collective human pain and love and life and death. The first time I read it (in English), it was extremely difficult to track all the characters, but the effort was worth it to be immersed in such a full, rich portrait of a family. The payoff of the final pages made me appreciate writing and storytelling anew.
There are so many iconic moments: a woman so beautiful that she’s not of this Earth simply floats into the sky one day; a man haunted to madness by the ghost of the man he killed is tied to a tree; incest babies have pig tails; the banana massacre. The book defined a genre with its magical yet realistic style, and it tells the history of a century on a very personal level. Really enjoyable read, every time.
Several months ago I finished Dan Simmons “Hyperion” it’s such an amazing book. It got everything I want from a good sci-fi story!
Can’t wait to read the other parts.
I’m absolutely loving the amount of love that The Hitchhikers guide is getting in this comment section.
As for me, it probably ends in a two way split. The aforementioned Hitchhikers Guide, or I Am Legend. I’ve read them both multiple times and will happily recommend them to anyone.
I like sci-fi/fantasy dystopian stuff. My favorite book is Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman.
