Tell me your absolute number 1

[mrssunshinexxx]

Favourite book doesn't matter what genre ... 2018 resolution get off my phone and get my head in books again I used to love reading.... thanks in advance

[HappydaysArehere]

Little Women and Good Wives. Read thousands of books but have never loved one as much as these.
Also developed a passion for War and Peace. Loved Pierre Basoukov!
Another is Great Expectations.
Also loved Gone With The Wind.

[Rebecca36]

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth (read it twice)
The Temple of My Familiar - Alice Walker (read twice at least)
That Hideous Strength - C S Lewis (can't remember how many times read)

[SusieQ5604]

Lonesome Dove
To Kill a Mockingbird

[HollyGibney]

The Help.

[OytheBumbler]

Great thread.

If I had to only pick one it would Be Lord of the Rings.

If I could have 2 - Gone with the Wind.

Other than those two, I've read many of the ones already mentioned and added a few new ones to my amazon list.

Most recently, I've been re-reading Stephen King (hence my user name) and discovering some great fantasy authors like Robin Hobb and JV Jones.

[Cakemonger]

@PhoebefromFriends I haven't yet no (waiting for the paperback). Thrilled to learn it's just as good as Achilles. It doesn't seem to have had as much hype

[Pumpkintopf]

The book thief
I am the messenger also very good, same author.

[PhoebefromFriends]

@cakemonger have you read Circe by Madeline Miller? I have read both recently and I LOVED Circe even more than Song of Achilles.

[Cakemonger]

Forgot to add Untold Stories by Alan Bennett - definitely an all time favourite

[Cakemonger]

Don't have an all time favourite but some stand outs from the past few years:

Americanah
Song of Achilles
The Hare with Amber Eyes
Education by Tara Westover
The Help

Can't wait to read The Kite Runner and Poisonwood Bible now - both in my TBR stash

[fussychica]

Probably
Any Human Heart by William Boyd. I love most of his books though.

[Lorelaiandrory]

Depends on my mood, when things are tough Harry Potter series-I can immerse myself in them but as know what is going to happen not overly invested. Life on the outside settles too

Gone with the wind is always a good read but need to not be busy as always find it a page turner so need time

Pride and prejudice for when I am feeling warm and glowing

The moonstone or Woman in White when I like a bit of intrigue

Simple filling time, enjoyable series- hunger games

[Scabetty]

Also

Of mice and men
The kite runner
Atonement

[Scabetty]

A fine balance
God of small things
Poisonwood Bible

[BasinHaircut]

Place marking!

[Jenniferturkington]

Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby
The Stand, Stephen King
Life after life, Kate Atkinson

and my favourite children’s book

The Boy in the Tower, Polly Ho-Yen

[SunflowerJo08]

Without a doubt, my favourite book, ever - The Woman in Black. I re-read it every other year, and always notice something new.

[HonkyWonkWoman]

The Kite Runner

[AnnieRich]

How To Be Both - Ali Smith
Life After Life- Kate Atkinson
The Goldfinch- Donna Tartt
Clockers- Richard Price

[TheLastNigel]

Middlesex
The Crimson Feather and the White
Year of our Sorrows
And my all time favourite-The Cellist of Sarajevo

[Moominfan]

Spidey I've just finished a thousand splendid suns. Sooo many feelings. Want to read his others but need something abit more lighthearted in between

[MamaBearThius]

Dean Koontz - Tick Tock is my favourite although I've loved everything I've read by him

[Cowardlycustard2]

Rebecca
Secret History
Outlander Book 1

So jealous of anyone that has never read these!

[GGCH]

So many good recommendations here!

My all-time favourites:

• The Book Thief
  
• Fahrenheit 451
  
• The Secret History

[Hygge]

I can't pick just one so I'm going to pick some of the more unusual books that I like.

Liars and Saints and A Family Daughter, both by Maile Meloy.

Both about the Santerre family, but not exactly the same, and I can't say why they are unusual without giving away too much. If I had written a book I would have liked to have written Liars and Saints.

Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewellery by Leanne Shapton. It's unusual because it's set like an auction catalogue, auctioning items collected during a four year relationship and being sold now the couple have split up.

Happenstance by Carol Shields. It is like two books in one really, one half tells the Wife's Story and the other half tells the Husband's Story. You read to the middle and then flip the book over and read to the middle from the other side. It doesn't mater which story you read first. I miss Carol Shields writing now, I hope she's not forgotten since her death. Her books are very good, very thoughtful.

Desperation and The Regulators, both by Stephen King. They tell two very different stories but using the same characters. In Desperation, a group of people are trapped in the Nevada desert with a supernatural entity. In The Regulators, the same people are trapped on a residential street as a supernatural event happens. The books are stand alone books and in both it's only that one event that has happened. There's no "can you believe this is happening to us again" because it isn't, in both books it's the one and only time. People who die in one book survive in the other.