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.

The Thief of Always

The Thief of Always
ByClive Barker

1992 • 145 Readers • 202 pages 4.1

Why this book?

One of the few horror novels I’ve ever read, and it’s stuck with me all these years. Only reread it once after the first time as a kid, and it all came back in a rush, yet was new all over again.

Hyperion

#1 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos

Hyperion
ByDan Simmons

1989 • 2,969 Readers • 492 pages 4.3

Why this book?

Of all the books I’ve read, I think I’ve reread this one & its sequels the most. There’s nothing quite like it.

Circe

Circe
ByMadeline Miller

2018 • 4,126 Readers • 12h 8m 4.2

The Name of the Wind

#1 of 3 in The Kingkiller Chronicle

The Name of the Wind
ByPatrick Rothfuss

2007 • 4,290 Readers • 669 pages 4.4

Ready Player One

#1 of 2 in Ready Player One

Ready Player One
ByErnest Cline

2008 • 4,620 Readers • 384 pages 4

The Hunger Games

#1 of 3 in The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games
BySuzanne Collins

2008 • 6,703 Readers • 374 pages 4.1

American Gods

#1 of 2 in American Gods

American Gods
ByNeil Gaiman

2001 • 3,933 Readers • 480 pages 4

The Hobbit

#0 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

The Hobbit
ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

1937 • 6,736 Readers • 300 pages 4.3

Why this book?

My introduction to fantasy

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

#1 of 8 in Harry Potter

1993 • 8,567 Readers • 309 pages 4.3

Mistborn: The Final Empire

#1 of 3 in The Mistborn Saga: The Original Trilogy

Mistborn: The Final Empire
ByBrandon Sanderson

2006 • 5,706 Readers • 541 pages 4.5

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

#1 of 1 in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

1979 • 5,946 Readers • 195 pages 4.3

The Way of Kings

#1 of 6 in The Stormlight Archive

The Way of Kings
ByBrandon Sanderson

2010 • 4,790 Readers • 1,007 pages 4.6

The Lord of the Rings

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

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

1954 • 2,593 Readers • 1,178 pages 4.6

Dune

#1 of 9 in Dune

Dune
ByFrank Herbert

1965 • 7,517 Readers • 704 pages 4.3