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.

Lightning

Lightning
ByDean Koontz

1988 • 132 Readers • 505 pages 4

The House in the Cerulean Sea

#1 of 2 in Cerulean Chronicles

1973 • 2,945 Readers • 400 pages 4.3

A Game of Thrones

#1 of 6 in A Song of Ice and Fire

A Game of Thrones
ByGeorge R.R. Martin

1996 • 5,111 Readers • 819 pages 4.4

Espedair Street

Espedair Street
ByIain Banks

1987 • 35 Readers • 249 pages 4

The Screaming Staircase

#1 of 5 in Lockwood & Co.

The Screaming Staircase
ByJonathan Stroud

8 • 345 Readers • 467 pages 4.2

The Chosen

#1 of 1 in Reuven Malther

The Chosen
ByChaim Potok

1966 • 139 Readers • 304 pages 4

Lost Souls

Lost Souls
ByPoppy Z. Brite

1992 • 121 Readers • 383 pages 3.3

From hell

#1 of 1 in From Hell

From hell
ByAlan Moore

1991 • 282 Readers • 8 pages 4.2

Watchmen

#1-12 of 12 in Watchmen

Watchmen
ByAlan Moore

1987 • 2,002 Readers • 415 pages 4.4

The Player of Games

#2 of 10 in Culture

The Player of Games
ByIain M. Banks

1988 • 776 Readers • 309 pages 4.2

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

2000 • 750 Readers • 706 pages 4.3

Elidor

Elidor
ByAlan Garner

1965 • 15 Readers • 192 pages 3.6

The Complete Maus

#1-2 of 2 in Maus

The Complete Maus
ByArt Spiegelman

1980 • 1,083 Readers • 295 pages 4.6

Consider Phlebas

#1 of 10 in Culture

Consider Phlebas
ByIain M. Banks

1987 • 1,244 Readers • 544 pages 3.6

Watership Down

#1 of 3 in Watership Down

Watership Down
ByRichard Adams

1972 • 1,334 Readers • 385 pages 4.1

East of Eden

East of Eden
ByJohn Steinbeck

1952 • 2,055 Readers • 601 pages 4.5

Perdido Street Station

#1 of 4 in New Crobuzon

Perdido Street Station
ByChina Miéville

2000 • 961 Readers • 24h 9m 4

The Wasp Factory

The Wasp Factory
ByIain Banks

1984 • 569 Readers • 244 pages 3.6

Use of Weapons

#3 of 10 in Culture

Use of Weapons
ByIain M. Banks

1990 • 497 Readers • 432 pages 4

The Princess Bride

The Princess Bride
ByWilliam Goldman

1973 • 1,984 Readers • 456 pages 4.2

Neverwhere

#1 of 1 in London Below, The World of Neverwhere

Neverwhere
ByNeil Gaiman

1996 • 2,158 Readers • 400 pages 4.1

Coraline

Coraline
ByNeil Gaiman

2001 • 1,887 Readers • 176 pages 4.1

Neuromancer

#1 of 3 in Sprawl

Neuromancer
ByWilliam Gibson

1984 • 2,972 Readers • 271 pages 3.8

Pet Sematary

Pet Sematary
ByStephen King

1983 • 1,551 Readers • 388 pages 4

The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose
ByUmberto Eco,William Weaver(Translator)

1980 • 1,322 Readers • 556 pages 4

The Name of the Wind

#1 of 3 in The Kingkiller Chronicle

The Name of the Wind
ByPatrick Rothfuss

2007 • 4,226 Readers • 669 pages 4.4

Ender's Game

#1 of 6 in Ender's Saga

Ender's Game
ByOrson Scott Card

1985 • 4,084 Readers • 256 pages 4.3

Guards! Guards!

#8 of 40 in Discworld

Guards! Guards!
ByTerry Pratchett,Ben Aaranovitch

1989 • 1,396 Readers • 344 pages 4.2

Mort

#4 of 40 in Discworld

Mort
ByTerry Pratchett

1987 • 1,555 Readers • 272 pages 4.1

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

1990 • 3,297 Readers • 491 pages 4.2

Dune

#1 of 9 in Dune

Dune
ByFrank Herbert

1965 • 7,394 Readers • 704 pages 4.3

Animal Farm

Animal Farm
ByGeorge Orwell

1945 • 6,426 Readers • 128 pages 4.1

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
ByPatrick Süskind,John E. Woods(Translator)

1985 • 1,348 Readers • 263 pages 3.9