Favourite book of all time!

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I'm after some great new book recommendations as I feel a bit stuck in a book rut - what's your ONE favourite book of all time?

Pride & Prejudice, Rebecca and The Time Traveller's Wife.

The rescue Nicholas sparks and two by two also Nicholas sparks

I have two very different favourite books. Both authors have a catalogue of impressive books but both were my first reads from them.

The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122.ThePowerrofOne

The Assassin's apprentice by Robin Hobb
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122.ThePowerrofOne

Whoops. Messed up my link for the second

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77197.Assassinss_Apprentice

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry.

Katherine by Anya Seton.

Jane Eyre. I could just read it over and over.

@AppleHa if you haven't been the manor at hemingford grey, where Lucy Boston lived when she wrote the books and where they were based is well worth a visit. Tours are run by her daughter in law Diana and my children (and I) were enchanted. Tolly's room is exactly how it is in the book!

Rebecca
The Poisonwood Bible

There are too many that I love to choose just one. But at the top of the pile would be Jane Eyre, The Lord of the Rings and Cranford.

Angela's ashes is non fiction and I always mainly read non fiction until this book inspired me to read fiction. And I'm so glad it did! I was missing out on so many classics.

Impossible question. I've read the thread saying oh yes that's my favourite book ever to quite a few books mentioned

A fine balance by Robinson mistry is AMAZING
Illiwacker Peter Carey ( spelling)
Aunt Julia and the Script Writer Mario Vargas Llosa
The Lord of the Rings
Nansens Furthest North

There are loads of other that are ALL my favourite book when I'm thinking about them 😅😅

A lot of my favourites are already on here and a few I'll note for future reference too.

Dune by Frank Herbert (which I have read many times) and the sequels, which are also good but not quite so brilliant.
Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
More recent books:
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, I sobbed at the end, so sad. Circe by her is also excellent
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

https://persephonebooks.co.uk/products/the-fortnight-in-september?pos=2&&sid=49783be02&ss=r

First published 1931 - I'm an oldie and thought it might not appeal to everyonebut it was rated favourite read (or similar) recently on Persephone - I'm sure it's available more cheaply second hand online.
Journeys End which is mentioned in the blurb, I found an audio version of , possibly BBC radio play. Worth a listen (WW1) if you can find it.

I loved this book then I went to see the stage play.. I wish I hadn't. So disappointing.

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

A thousands splendid sun's.

@Nattalie18 i love Shantaram!

My favourite is The Time Travellers Wife.

The Stand- Stephen King. A mammoth read but utterly enthralling.

Another vote for the Cazalet Chronicles. Am re reading them now.
For a single book, Beloved by Toni Morrison

Cats eye Margaret Atwood
Beloved Toni Morrison
Everything Anne Tyler has written!
And Birdsong
And All the light I cannot see
And book thief........

To Kill A Mockingbird.

Or Wild.

@Grosscostsagreed A Thousand Splendid Suns is my favourite book of all time too. I passed my copy to so many people, it is nearly in tatters. I actually must read it again.

Circe by Madeline Miller
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

The Goldfinch
The Great Passage