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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.

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Small Gods

#13 of 41 in Discworld

Small Gods
ByTerry Pratchett

1992 • 489 Readers • 388 pages • 4.3

Anxious People

Anxious People
ByFredrik Backman,Neil Smith(Translator)

2019 • 892 Readers • 352 pages • 4.3

Into the Wild

Into the Wild
ByJon Krakauer,Christopher Johnson McCandless

710 Readers • 3.9

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

#4 of 47 in Hercule Poirot

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
ByAgatha Christie

197 • 606 Readers • 288 pages • 4.2

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

We Have Always Lived in the Castle
ByShirley Jackson

1962 • 940 Readers • 146 pages • 4

Exhalation

Exhalation
ByTed Chiang

2019 • 856 Readers • 350 pages • 4.3

The Poppy War

#1 of 3 in The Poppy War

The Poppy War
ByR. F. Kuang

2018 • 1,847 Readers • 544 pages • 4

The Tale of Despereaux

The Tale of Despereaux
ByKate DiCamillo

2003 • 211 Readers • 267 pages • 3.9

Last Argument of Kings

#3 of 4 in The First Law

Last Argument of Kings
ByJoe Abercrombie

2008 • 724 Readers • 642 pages • 4.3

On the Road

Duluoz Legend

On the Road
ByJack Kerouac

1955 • 740 Readers • 254 pages • 3.3

Homegoing

Homegoing
ByYaa Gyasi

2016 • 656 Readers • 468 pages • 4.5

Stranger in a Strange Land

#1 of 1 in Stranger in a Strange Land

Stranger in a Strange Land
ByRobert A. Heinlein

1961 • 823 Readers • 422 pages • 3.7

Tuck Everlasting

Tuck Everlasting
ByNatalie Babbitt

1975 • 260 Readers • 151 pages • 3.8

Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha
ByArthur Golden

1997 • 905 Readers • 435 pages • 3.9

The Humans

The Humans
ByMatt Haig

2013 • 459 Readers • 304 pages • 3.9

The Heart's Invisible Furies

The Heart's Invisible Furies
ByJohn Boyne

2017 • 301 Readers • 959 pages • 4.5

Invisible Man

Invisible Man
ByRalph Ellison

491 Readers • 3.8

Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy

Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy
ByJostein Gaarder,Paulette Møller(Translator)

1991 • 339 Readers • 544 pages • 3.7

The Neverending Story

The Neverending Story
ByMichael Ende,Ralph Manheim(Translator)

1979 • 436 Readers • 445 pages • 4.1

Demon in White

#3 of 6 in The Sun Eater

Demon in White
ByChristopher Ruocchio

2020 • 170 Readers • 1,085 pages • 4.7

Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are
ByMaurice Sendak

1963 • 497 Readers • 51 pages • 4.1

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

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

1985 • 685 Readers • 263 pages • 3.9

The Things They Carried

The Things They Carried
ByTim O'Brien

1990 • 410 Readers • 236 pages • 4.1

The Diary of a Young Girl

The Diary of a Young Girl
ByAnne Frank

1944 • 1,485 Readers • 111 pages • 4

The Lions of Al-Rassan

The Lions of Al-Rassan
ByGuy Gavriel Kay

1995 • 234 Readers • 530 pages • 4.1

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
ByStephen King

1999 • 819 Readers • 288 pages • 4.3

House of Earth and Blood

#1 of 3 in Crescent City

House of Earth and Blood
BySarah J. Maas

2014 • 1,147 Readers • 803 pages • 4.3

Jade City

#1 of 3 in The Green Bone Saga

Jade City
ByFonda Lee

2017 • 1,367 Readers • 498 pages • 4.1

Call Me by Your Name

#1 of 2 in Call Me By Your Name

Call Me by Your Name
ByAndré Aciman

2007 • 632 Readers • 4

Ficciones

Ficciones
ByJorge Luis Borges,John Sturrock(Translator),+1 more

1944 • 297 Readers • 192 pages • 4.2

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
ByJohn le Carré

262 Readers • 4

The Colour of Magic

#1 of 41 in Discworld

The Colour of Magic
ByTerry Pratchett

1983 • 1,402 Readers • 292 pages • 3.7

Uzumaki

#1 of 3 in Uzumaki

Uzumaki
ByJunji Ito,Ernesto Cellie(Translator),+1 more

1998 • 383 Readers • 648 pages • 4.4

The Ballad of Never After

#2 of 3 in Once Upon a Broken Heart

The Ballad of Never After
ByStephanie Garber

2022 • 361 Readers • 403 pages • 4.3

Something Wicked This Way Comes

2 Green Town

Something Wicked This Way Comes
ByRay Bradbury

1962 • 534 Readers • 232 pages • 3.9

Les Misérables

#1 of 3 in Los Miserables

Les Misérables
ByVictor Hugo,Isabel Florence Hapgood(Translator)

7 • 792 Readers • 1,378 pages • 4.2

Eleanor & Park

Eleanor & Park
ByRainbow Rowell,Annelies Jorna(Translator),+1 more

2012 • 825 Readers • 335 pages • 3.7

The Player of Games

#2 of 10 in Culture

The Player of Games
ByIain M. Banks

1988 • 417 Readers • 309 pages • 4.2

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

#1 of 2 in Charlie Bucket

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
ByRoald Dahl

1964 • 740 Readers • 174 pages • 4.1

Love, Theoretically

Love, Theoretically
ByAli Hazelwood

2021 • 556 Readers • 389 pages • 4.1

City of Bones

#1 of 6 in The Mortal Instruments

City of Bones
ByCassandra Clare

1999 • 1,257 Readers • 485 pages • 3.6

Witches Abroad

#12 of 41 in Discworld

Witches Abroad
ByTerry Pratchett

1991 • 309 Readers • 304 pages • 4.1

Strange the Dreamer

#1 of 2 in Strange the Dreamer

Strange the Dreamer
ByLaini Taylor

2016 • 632 Readers • 544 pages • 4.3

Angels & Demons

#1 of 5 in Robert Langdon

Angels & Demons
ByDan Brown

1980 • 1,529 Readers • 736 pages • 3.6

If I Stay

#1 of 2 in If I Stay

If I Stay
ByGayle Forman

2009 • 405 Readers • 261 pages • 3.6

At Swim, Two Boys

At Swim, Two Boys
ByJamie O'Neill

2001 • 44 Readers • 576 pages • 4.3

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story

6 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story
ByDouglas Adams

1979 • 648 Readers • 756 pages • 4.4

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100 Years of Solitude
ByGabriel García Márquez

18 Readers • 14h 4m • 4.7

One Dark Window

#1 of 2 in The Shepherd King

One Dark Window
ByRachel Gillig

2022 • 777 Readers • 421 pages • 4.1

Assassin's Quest

#3 of 3 in The Farseer Trilogy

Assassin's Quest
ByRobin Hobb

1997 • 637 Readers • 1,154 pages • 4.2

Middlesex

Middlesex
ByJeffrey Eugenides

615 Readers • 4.1

Skin Game

#15 of 19 in The Dresden Files

Skin Game
ByJim Butcher

2014 • 328 Readers • 610 pages • 4.5

The Sea of Monsters

#2 of 7 in Percy Jackson and the Olympians

The Sea of Monsters
ByRick Riordan

2006 • 1,353 Readers • 288 pages • 4

The Clan of the Cave Bear

#1 of 6 in Earth's Children

The Clan of the Cave Bear
ByJean M. Auel

1980 • 239 Readers • 64 pages • 3.9

Daughter of the Empire

#1 of 3 in The Empire Trilogy

Daughter of the Empire
ByRaymond E. Feist,Janny Wurts

1987 • 207 Readers • 436 pages • 4.2

Housekeeping

Housekeeping
ByMarilynne Robinson

1980 • 150 Readers • 219 pages • 4

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility
ByJane Austen,Sam Ngo

1811 • 875 Readers • 432 pages • 3.8

A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces
ByJohn Kennedy Toole

1980 • 548 Readers • 374 pages • 3.9

The Shadow of the Torturer

#1 of 5 in The Book of the New Sun

The Shadow of the Torturer
ByGene Wolfe

1980 • 483 Readers • 276 pages • 3.7

The Dark is Rising

#2 of 5 in The Dark Is Rising

The Dark is Rising
BySusan Cooper

1973 • 109 Readers • 244 pages • 4

Network Effect

#5 of 7 in The Murderbot Diaries

Network Effect
ByMartha Wells

2020 • 885 Readers • 352 pages • 4.4

Nimona

Nimona
ByN.D. Stevenson

2015 • 513 Readers • 272 pages • 4.3

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

#3 of 5 in Secret Projects

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
ByBrandon Sanderson

2023 • 837 Readers • 480 pages • 4.5

To the Lighthouse

To the Lighthouse
ByVirginia Woolf

1925 • 567 Readers • 326 pages • 3.7

Loveless

#12 of 9 in Osemanverse

Loveless
ByAlice Oseman

2020 • 417 Readers • 448 pages • 4.2

Wizard of Oz.

#1 of 14 in Oz

Wizard of Oz.
ByL. Frank Baum,Ella Okstad,+28 more

1900 • 458 Readers • 160 pages • 3.8

Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

#1 of 2 in Whistle Stop, AL

Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
ByFannie Flagg

1987 • 254 Readers • 434 pages • 4.2

The ingenious hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha

#1 of 2 in Don Quijote de la Mancha

The ingenious hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha
ByMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra,John Rutherford(Translator)

1605 • 831 Readers • 1,023 pages • 3.8

The Autumn Republic

#3 of 3 in Powder Mage

The Autumn Republic
ByBrian McClellan

2015 • 190 Readers • 582 pages • 4.4

The Blade Itself

#1 of 4 in The First Law

The Blade Itself
ByJoe Abercrombie

2001 • 1,659 Readers • 536 pages • 4.1

I, Robot

#0.1 of 4 in Robot

I, Robot
ByIsaac Asimov

1950 • 1,105 Readers • 264 pages • 4.1

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
ByAnnie Dillard

1974 • 103 Readers • 4.4

Just Kids

Just Kids
ByPatti Smith

2010 • 364 Readers • 304 pages • 4.2

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

The Travelling Cat Chronicles
ByHiro Arikawa,Philip Gabriel(Translator)

2012 • 294 Readers • 233 pages • 4.3

Dune Messiah

#2 of 8 in Dune

Dune Messiah
ByFrank Herbert

1965 • 1,337 Readers • 352 pages • 3.8

When We Cease to Understand the World

When We Cease to Understand the World
ByBenjamín Labatut,Adrian Nathan West(Translator)

2020 • 272 Readers • 192 pages • 4

A Deadly Education

#1 of 3 in The Scholomance

A Deadly Education
ByNaomi Novik

2020 • 1,114 Readers • 236 pages • 4

A Christmas Carol

#1 of 1 in The Christmas Books of Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol
ByCharles Dickens

195 • 916 Readers • 112 pages • 4

The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea
ByErnest Hemingway

1952 • 1,425 Readers • 96 pages • 3.7

From hell

#1 of 1 in From Hell

From hell
ByAlan Moore

1991 • 178 Readers • 8 pages • 4.3

The Silent Patient

The Silent Patient
ByAlex Michaelides

2018 • 1,765 Readers • 336 pages • 3.8

Fight Club

#1 of 2 in Fight Club

Fight Club
ByChuck Palahniuk

1996 • 1,138 Readers • 224 pages • 4.1

Deadhouse Gates

#2 of 10 in Malazan Book of the Fallen

Deadhouse Gates
BySteven Erikson

2000 • 390 Readers • 614 pages • 4.2

Nona the Ninth

#3 of 4 in The Locked Tomb

Nona the Ninth
ByTamsyn Muir

2022 • 430 Readers • 480 pages • 4.3

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
ByT. Kingfisher

2020 • 426 Readers • 320 pages • 4.1

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
ByHwang Bo-Reum,Shanna Tan(Translator)

2022 • 277 Readers • 321 pages • 4.1

The Graveyard Book

The Graveyard Book
ByNeil Gaiman

2008 • 1,093 Readers • 336 pages • 4.2

An Ember in the Ashes

#1 of 4 in An Ember in the Ashes

An Ember in the Ashes
BySabaa Tahir

2015 • 764 Readers • 481 pages • 4.2

The Jasmine Throne

#1 of 3 in Burning Kingdoms

The Jasmine Throne
ByTasha Suri

2021 • 502 Readers • 512 pages • 4

Little Fires Everywhere

Little Fires Everywhere
ByCeleste Ng

2014 • 1,049 Readers • 338 pages • 4

A Discovery of Witches

#1 of 5 in All Souls

A Discovery of Witches
ByDeborah Harkness

2011 • 792 Readers • 610 pages • 3.7

John Dies at the End

#1 of 4 in John Dies at the End

John Dies at the End
ByDavid Wong,Jason Pargin

2007 • 339 Readers • 362 pages • 3.7

The Gifts of Imperfection

The Gifts of Imperfection
ByBrené Brown

2010 • 269 Readers • 158 pages • 4.1

Wizard And Glass

#4 of 7 in The Dark Tower

Wizard And Glass
ByStephen King

1997 • 523 Readers • 845 pages • 4.1

The Gunslinger

#1 of 7 in The Dark Tower

The Gunslinger
ByStephen King

1976 • 1,525 Readers • 238 pages • 3.6

Iron Flame

#2 of 5 in The Empyrean

Iron Flame
ByRebecca Yarros

2023 • 1,256 Readers • 640 pages • 4

One Last Stop

One Last Stop
ByCasey McQuiston

2021 • 657 Readers • 422 pages • 3.9

Insurgent

#2 of 3 in Divergent

Insurgent
ByVeronica Roth

2011 • 1,035 Readers • 544 pages • 3.6

The Diamond Age: or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer

The Diamond Age: or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
ByNeal Stephenson

1995 • 444 Readers • 4

Changes

#12 of 19 in The Dresden Files

Changes
ByJim Butcher

2010 • 345 Readers • 15h 29m • 4.5