What are your favorite books of all time?

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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Books3,254

Answers7,534

Readers1,400

Vote	Details	Readers Count
	Daughter of the Moon Goddess Sue Lynn Tan Patricia Sebastián Hernández (Translator)	195 reads
	In My Dreams I Hold a Knife Ashley Winstead	155 reads
	Bartleby Herman Melville	84 reads
	The Wild Edge of Sorrow Francis Weller	3 reads
	Memory Man David Baldacci	77 reads
	The Watch That Ends the Night Hugh MacLennan	1 read
	The Chalk Man C.J. Tudor	106 reads
	Viva o Povo Brasileiro João Ubaldo Ribeiro	2 reads
	The Turn Of The Screw Henry James	224 reads
	Stolen Enchantress Amber Argyle	4 reads
	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two Jack Thorne J. K. Rowling	1,035 reads
	Permanent Record Mary H.K. Choi	16 reads
	Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders	234 reads
	Spunky Spunky Dori Brink	1 read
	The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories Lord Dunsany	2 reads
	The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing Taylor Larimore Michael LeBoeuf Mel Lindauer	25 reads
	Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands Heather Fawcett	145 reads
	What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions Randall Munroe	479 reads
	Serpents of the Abyss Serpents of the Abyss S.J. Sanders	1 read
	Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston	279 reads
	Anthem Ayn Rand	177 reads
	Lawless Lawless: A Novel Based on a True Story Matt Bondurant	1 read
	Whispers at Moonrise C.C. Hunter	22 reads
	Los detectives salvajes Roberto Bolaño	11 reads
	A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading and Life George Saunders	62 reads
	Sailing Alone Around the World Joshua Slocum	12 reads
	The Solitaire Mystery Jostein Gaarder	17 reads
	Bitten Kelley Armstrong	80 reads
	Setting Free the Bears John Irving	6 reads
	Room Emma Donoghue	391 reads
	Bet Me Jennifer Crusie	49 reads
	The Man Who Sold the Moon Robert A. Heinlein	6 reads
	Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead Emily R. Austin	127 reads
	Honey Girl Morgan Rogers	69 reads
	Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver	42 reads
	Mrs Dalloway Virginia Woolf	234 reads
	Faith of the Fallen Terry Goodkind	108 reads
	Collins Classics - the Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle	0 reads
	The Tea Dragon Society Kay O'Neill	184 reads
	Poesía completa Alejandra Pizarnik	11 reads
	Peter and the Starcatchers Dave Barry Ridley Pearson	72 reads
	The Big Short Michael Lewis	168 reads
	Un caballero en Moscú Amor Towles	3 reads
	A Witch's Guide to Burning Aminder Dhaliwal	3 reads
	House of Flame and Shadow Sarah J. Maas Valérie Janssen (Translator)	240 reads
	Vinland Saga, Tome 1 Makoto Yukimura	71 reads
	Everything, Everything Nicola Yoon	250 reads
	The Unbeatable Legend in Business World The Unbeatable Legend in Business World: All About Microsoft and How it Became The Most successful enterprise on The Earth! Rahul Doshi	0 reads
	Reamde Neal Stephenson	217 reads
	The Odyssey Homer Robert Fagles (Translator)	859 reads
	Mansarovar Mansarovar: Part-1 Munshi Premchand	1 read
	As You Wish, Prince Dodam, MOKGAMGI, 554, Rero, Kim Jiwon, Ant Studio, 앤트스튜디오, Kim Yushin	2 reads
	The Aviary Gate Katie Hickman	1 read
	Meditations Marcus Aurelius Martin Hammond (Translator)	414 reads
	Jarka Ruus Terry Brooks	22 reads
	The Once and Future Witches Alix E. Harrow	203 reads
	The Island of Missing Trees Elif Shafak	27 reads
	Gilead Marilynne Robinson	105 reads
	The War That Saved My Life Kimberly Brubaker Bradley	52 reads
	The Yearling Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings	24 reads
	The Dark Tower Stephen King	21 reads
	Billy Summers Stephen King Adrienn Neset (Translator)	255 reads
	Intermezzo Sally Rooney	75 reads
	Lichtspiel Daniel Kehlmann	9 reads
	A Madness of Angels Kate Griffin	20 reads
	Geek Love Katherine Dunn	90 reads
	The Melancholy of Mechagirl Catherynne M. Valente	9 reads
	Will They or Won't They A Novel Ava Wilder	9 reads
	The Day of the Door The Day of the Door Laurel Hightower	2 reads
	Mr. Mercedes Stephen King	367 reads
	Phänomenologie des Geistes georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel	18 reads
	The Wisdom of Insecurity Alan Watts	49 reads
	The Letter for the King Tonke Dragt Laura Watkinson (Translator)	13 reads
	The Power That Preserves Stephen R. Donaldson	45 reads
	Foster Claire Keegan	141 reads
	The Bone Shard Emperor Andrea Stewart	52 reads
	La petite fille de Monsieur Linh Philippe Claudel	8 reads
	City of Last Chances Adrian Tchaikovsky	47 reads
	Toll the Hounds Steven Erikson	117 reads
	The House Is on Fire Rachel Beanland	7 reads
	Boyfriend Material Alexis Hall	228 reads
	Lanark Alasdair Gray	15 reads
	On the Banks of Plum Creek Laura Ingalls Wilder	68 reads
	The Dragons Are Singing Tonight Jack Prelutsky	1 read
	How to Fake It in Hollywood Ava Wilder	17 reads
	Claudine Riyoko Ikeda	6 reads
	The Origin of Species Charles Darwin	82 reads
	Jellicoe Road Melina Marchetta	9 reads
	The Romantic Agenda Claire Kann	12 reads
	Blood Sugar Daniel Kraus	1 read
	Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World Benjamin Alire Sáenz	98 reads
	Autobiography of Red Anne Carson	48 reads
	The False Prince Jennifer A. Nielsen	106 reads
	Beautiful Creatures Kami Garcia Margaret Stohl	209 reads
	The War of Two Queens Jennifer L. Armentrout	133 reads
	Both Feet in the Grave Jeaniene Frost	11 reads
	The Magic Faraway Tree Enid Blyton	19 reads
	Crush Richard Siken	71 reads
	Swear on This Life Renee Carlino	14 reads
	The Courtesan and the Samurai Lesley Downer	2 reads

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Vote	Details	Readers Count
	Daughter of the Moon Goddess Sue Lynn Tan Patricia Sebastián Hernández (Translator)	195 reads
	In My Dreams I Hold a Knife Ashley Winstead	155 reads
	Bartleby Herman Melville	84 reads
	The Wild Edge of Sorrow Francis Weller	3 reads
	Memory Man David Baldacci	77 reads
	The Watch That Ends the Night Hugh MacLennan	1 read
	The Chalk Man C.J. Tudor	106 reads
	Viva o Povo Brasileiro João Ubaldo Ribeiro	2 reads
	The Turn Of The Screw Henry James	224 reads
	Stolen Enchantress Amber Argyle	4 reads
	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two Jack Thorne J. K. Rowling	1,035 reads
	Permanent Record Mary H.K. Choi	16 reads
	Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders	234 reads
	Spunky Spunky Dori Brink	1 read
	The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories Lord Dunsany	2 reads
	The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing Taylor Larimore Michael LeBoeuf Mel Lindauer	25 reads
	Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands Heather Fawcett	145 reads
	What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions Randall Munroe	479 reads
	Serpents of the Abyss Serpents of the Abyss S.J. Sanders	1 read
	Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston	279 reads
	Anthem Ayn Rand	177 reads
	Lawless Lawless: A Novel Based on a True Story Matt Bondurant	1 read
	Whispers at Moonrise C.C. Hunter	22 reads
	Los detectives salvajes Roberto Bolaño	11 reads
	A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading and Life George Saunders	62 reads
	Sailing Alone Around the World Joshua Slocum	12 reads
	The Solitaire Mystery Jostein Gaarder	17 reads
	Bitten Kelley Armstrong	80 reads
	Setting Free the Bears John Irving	6 reads
	Room Emma Donoghue	391 reads
	Bet Me Jennifer Crusie	49 reads
	The Man Who Sold the Moon Robert A. Heinlein	6 reads
	Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead Emily R. Austin	127 reads
	Honey Girl Morgan Rogers	69 reads
	Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver	42 reads
	Mrs Dalloway Virginia Woolf	234 reads
	Faith of the Fallen Terry Goodkind	108 reads
	Collins Classics - the Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle	0 reads
	The Tea Dragon Society Kay O'Neill	184 reads
	Poesía completa Alejandra Pizarnik	11 reads
	Peter and the Starcatchers Dave Barry Ridley Pearson	72 reads
	The Big Short Michael Lewis	168 reads
	Un caballero en Moscú Amor Towles	3 reads
	A Witch's Guide to Burning Aminder Dhaliwal	3 reads
	House of Flame and Shadow Sarah J. Maas Valérie Janssen (Translator)	240 reads
	Vinland Saga, Tome 1 Makoto Yukimura	71 reads
	Everything, Everything Nicola Yoon	250 reads
	The Unbeatable Legend in Business World The Unbeatable Legend in Business World: All About Microsoft and How it Became The Most successful enterprise on The Earth! Rahul Doshi	0 reads
	Reamde Neal Stephenson	217 reads
	The Odyssey Homer Robert Fagles (Translator)	859 reads
	Mansarovar Mansarovar: Part-1 Munshi Premchand	1 read
	As You Wish, Prince Dodam, MOKGAMGI, 554, Rero, Kim Jiwon, Ant Studio, 앤트스튜디오, Kim Yushin	2 reads
	The Aviary Gate Katie Hickman	1 read
	Meditations Marcus Aurelius Martin Hammond (Translator)	414 reads
	Jarka Ruus Terry Brooks	22 reads
	The Once and Future Witches Alix E. Harrow	203 reads
	The Island of Missing Trees Elif Shafak	27 reads
	Gilead Marilynne Robinson	105 reads
	The War That Saved My Life Kimberly Brubaker Bradley	52 reads
	The Yearling Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings	24 reads
	The Dark Tower Stephen King	21 reads
	Billy Summers Stephen King Adrienn Neset (Translator)	255 reads
	Intermezzo Sally Rooney	75 reads
	Lichtspiel Daniel Kehlmann	9 reads
	A Madness of Angels Kate Griffin	20 reads
	Geek Love Katherine Dunn	90 reads
	The Melancholy of Mechagirl Catherynne M. Valente	9 reads
	Will They or Won't They A Novel Ava Wilder	9 reads
	The Day of the Door The Day of the Door Laurel Hightower	2 reads
	Mr. Mercedes Stephen King	367 reads
	Phänomenologie des Geistes georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel	18 reads
	The Wisdom of Insecurity Alan Watts	49 reads
	The Letter for the King Tonke Dragt Laura Watkinson (Translator)	13 reads
	The Power That Preserves Stephen R. Donaldson	45 reads
	Foster Claire Keegan	141 reads
	The Bone Shard Emperor Andrea Stewart	52 reads
	La petite fille de Monsieur Linh Philippe Claudel	8 reads
	City of Last Chances Adrian Tchaikovsky	47 reads
	Toll the Hounds Steven Erikson	117 reads
	The House Is on Fire Rachel Beanland	7 reads
	Boyfriend Material Alexis Hall	228 reads
	Lanark Alasdair Gray	15 reads
	On the Banks of Plum Creek Laura Ingalls Wilder	68 reads
	The Dragons Are Singing Tonight Jack Prelutsky	1 read
	How to Fake It in Hollywood Ava Wilder	17 reads
	Claudine Riyoko Ikeda	6 reads
	The Origin of Species Charles Darwin	82 reads
	Jellicoe Road Melina Marchetta	9 reads
	The Romantic Agenda Claire Kann	12 reads
	Blood Sugar Daniel Kraus	1 read
	Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World Benjamin Alire Sáenz	98 reads
	Autobiography of Red Anne Carson	48 reads
	The False Prince Jennifer A. Nielsen	106 reads
	Beautiful Creatures Kami Garcia Margaret Stohl	209 reads
	The War of Two Queens Jennifer L. Armentrout	133 reads
	Both Feet in the Grave Jeaniene Frost	11 reads
	The Magic Faraway Tree Enid Blyton	19 reads
	Crush Richard Siken	71 reads
	Swear on This Life Renee Carlino	14 reads
	The Courtesan and the Samurai Lesley Downer	2 reads

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