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What is your favourite book of all time ?

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Bluetitnest · 04/03/2023 21:36

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IntentionalError · 04/03/2023 22:36

Animal Farm by George Orwell. A predictable, but honest choice.

snowspider · 04/03/2023 22:37

This would be hard but as a child The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. the Cherrys books by Will Scott, The Children of Green Knowe and The Dark is Rising

Adult wise Great Expectations, LifeAfter Life and God in Ruins, and Perdito Street Station, The Scar and The Iron Council an amazing trilogy by China Mieville

Silverribbons · 04/03/2023 22:37

Never Let Me Go and The Bell Jar

NomadicSpirit · 04/03/2023 22:38

Probably The Lord of the Rings

Abelard40 · 04/03/2023 22:39

The English patient

The master and margarita - bulgakov

user1497207191 · 04/03/2023 22:40

Red Watch by Gordon Honeycombe

lastnightidreamtiwenttomandaloreagain · 04/03/2023 22:40

The Secret History

Ukholidaysaregreat · 04/03/2023 22:41

Snowspider - are you me? I better get the China Mieville trilogy to read. You have named my fave children's books and adult books but not read those. What a great recommendation!

NomadicSpirit · 04/03/2023 22:41

Disneyforaweek · 04/03/2023 22:22

I loved the Magician series! I need to double check whether I finished them all or if I have any left to read.

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Ditto.

Also loved "Daughter of the Empire".

I've also read everything by David Gemmel with my favourite being Legend. The audio book is particularly good

Ukholidaysaregreat · 04/03/2023 22:42

Plus do love Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prej and Anna Karenina.

Letsgoforaskip · 04/03/2023 22:42

Hannah’s Gift. It broke my heart but reminded me how to live.

junebirthdaygirl · 04/03/2023 22:45

The Poisonwood Bible..Barbara Kingsolver

Love her books

Namechangenoidea · 04/03/2023 22:45

The House in the Cerulean Sea.
I read a lot and I have quite a few 5* books on goodreads but I think that one I loved the most.

Thunderpunt · 04/03/2023 22:46

Exodus by Leon Uris
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Kite Runner and Under a Thousand Suns

notnowdennis · 04/03/2023 22:46

The Little Women series as a child
unbearable lightness of being as an adult

NashvilleQueen · 04/03/2023 22:47

Definitely a Southern Gothic writer. Probably Carson McCullers but I might not be able to commit to a single book.

Thunderpunt · 04/03/2023 22:47

*Splendid Suns oops

WarningToTheCurious · 04/03/2023 22:47

To Kill A Mockingbird.

Good to see Anya Seton mentioned upthread - I work where one of her books is set and the historical detail is most impressive.

sleepwhenyouaredead · 04/03/2023 23:00

Milkman by Anna Burns

lastnightidreamtiwenttomandaloreagain · 04/03/2023 23:02

BowiesJumper · 04/03/2023 22:20

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith.

or Rivals by Jilly Cooper (not even sorry)

I love both of these too - Rivals is way better than Riders

Bu2014 · 04/03/2023 23:05

I am David.
I was 13. I'm now 46. Still has a profound impact in my life

RangSoo · 04/03/2023 23:06

Thunderpunt · 04/03/2023 22:46

Exodus by Leon Uris
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Kite Runner and Under a Thousand Suns

Have you read sunflower and the secret fan? Not quite as good as memoirs of a Geisha but very similar!

Slushynana · 04/03/2023 23:07

Perfume Patrick Suskind and The books of Dust, currently waiting for the next one

RangSoo · 04/03/2023 23:09

The Duncton wood trilogy, I feel like it has so much more depth to it than water ship down but unfortunately it isn’t nearly as well known.

ClaritaCee · 04/03/2023 23:09

The Philosopher's Pupil by Iris Murdoch.

I am also really fond of the Poldark books (up to The Angry Tide) and re-read them all every few years.

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