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.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

#6 of 8 in Harry Potter

2005 • 4,867 Readers • 672 pages 4.4

Fade Away

#3 of 12 in Myron Bolitar

Fade Away
ByHarlan Coben

1996 • 53 Readers • 370 pages 3.6

The Pillars of the Earth

#1 of 4 in Kingsbridge

1800 • 1,284 Readers • 1,008 pages 4.1

Why this book?

My all-time #1 fave. No book has come close to immersing me in a world like Follett did with Pillars. The setting, the interweaving storylines, the characters, the scope—this, to me, embodies what a novel is supposed to be.

A Spell for Chameleon

#1 of 44 in Xanth

A Spell for Chameleon
ByPiers Anthony

1977 • 205 Readers • 344 pages 3.4

Why this book?

I read it when I was young, so it may not hold up as a great book—but the plot twist for the main character's fortunes stuck with me in a way that few storylines have over the years.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

#1 of 8 in Millennium

2005 • 2,497 Readers • 465 pages 4.1

Hornet Flight

Hornet Flight
ByKen Follett

2002 • 32 Readers • 536 pages 3.8

A Storm of Swords

#3 of 6 in A Song of Ice and Fire

A Storm of Swords
ByGeorge R.R. Martin

2000 • 2,259 Readers • 992 pages 4.5

Why this book?

Penning two internet-breaking scenes in a single novel? Respect.

The Hobbit

#0 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

The Hobbit
ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

10 • 5,502 Readers • 300 pages 4.3

The Lord of the Rings

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

The Lord of the Rings
ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

20 • 2,104 Readers • 1,178 pages 4.5