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.

Beloved

#1 of 3 in Beloved Trilogy

Beloved
ByToni Morrison

1987 • 1,360 Readers • 362 pages 3.9

Essays

Essays
ByGeorge Orwell

1932 • 70 Readers • 466 pages 4.4

Why I Write

Why I Write
ByGeorge Orwell

1946 • 108 Readers • 32 pages 3.9

Down and Out in Paris and London

1933 • 349 Readers • 213 pages 4.1

1984

1984
ByGeorge Orwell

1949 • 9,625 Readers • 304 pages 4.2

Animal Farm

Animal Farm
ByGeorge Orwell

1945 • 6,703 Readers • 128 pages 4.1

The Return of the King

#3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

The Return of the King
ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

1950 • 2,426 Readers • 406 pages 4.6

The Two Towers

#2 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

The Two Towers
ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

1954 • 3,680 Readers • 323 pages 4.4

The Fellowship of the Ring

#1 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

1954 • 5,407 Readers • 407 pages 4.4

Neverwhere

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

Neverwhere
ByNeil Gaiman

1996 • 2,223 Readers • 400 pages 4.1

The Graveyard Book

The Graveyard Book
ByNeil Gaiman

2008 • 1,712 Readers • 320 pages 4.2

John Le Carré

#1-3 of 3 in The Karla Trilogy

John Le Carré
ByJohn le Carré

1982 • 5 Readers • 952 pages 5

The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life

2014 • 46 Readers • 368 pages 4.1

The Constant Gardener

The Constant Gardener
ByJohn le Carré

2000 • 84 Readers • 492 pages 3.8

Smiley's People

#7 of 9 in George Smiley

Smiley's People
ByJohn le Carré

1979 • 141 Readers • 395 pages 4.4

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

#3 of 9 in George Smiley

1963 • 551 Readers • 304 pages 4.1

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

#5 of 9 in George Smiley

1974 • 514 Readers • 382 pages 4.1