What is your favorite book of all time, who is it by and why is it your favorite?

Answer 1

It's hard to pick a favorite book of all time. I would say a book which has been my favorite the longest amount of time is Gone With The Wind. I first read it when I was twelve or thirteen. To say I loved it would be an understatement. I was obsessed with it. I'd dream of nothing but Scarlett and Rhett for weeks or months at a time. It was a book I'd read once or twice every year. In high school and college, anytime I got stressed out--for example finals--I'd reach for Gone With The Wind. I would put off studying and escape into its pages.

In college, every time I got the chance I'd choose it for my projects and do research on it. I read dozens of biographies on Margaret Mitchell. I read books and articles about the phenomenon that is GWTW.

However, all that being said. I haven't read it in a few years now probably since 2002. It's not that I've outgrown it. I'll always love it. But I've just been finding new favorites lately.

Answer 2

'Gone with the Wind' by Margaret Mitchell. It has everything in it plus an entertaining account of the Civil War period. I have read it a half dozen times...which is significant, as I read all the time and don't like to repeat myself. A romantic triangle, treachery and betrayal, politics, loss and hope, etc. It is a story for all time. It is the only novel Ms Mitchell ever wrote...and was at least 12 years in the making. A true classic.

Answer 3

Dresden file book series by Jim Butcher.There are 8 books in the series beginning with stormfront.It narrates the story of Harry Dresden,chicago's only professional wizard who works as a detective.He stands between the general population who is ignorant about the supernatural world and the monsters - vampires,werewolves,fallen angels,fey.He is aided by Bob,a talking skull.Karrin Murphy-a police officer and Thomas-a white court vampire.

Answer 4

"Ben-Hur, A Tale of the Christ", by Lew Wallace.

It's my absolute fav, I read it at least once a year, because the story never gets old. It's got everything in it--romance, war, violence, family, and God. I've been re-reading it this week for the billioneth time, and even after all these times, it still makes me cry. If you're a Christian, you should read it--it will definitely move you.

BTW, the movie is good, but it doesn't compare to the book.

Answer 5

Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever by James Patterson.

JP writes the awesomest books. Period.
Rlly?? because in Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment, JP leaves out the character Iggy a lot just because he's BLIND. which isn't fair. So in the second book (SOF), Iggy is included a lot more into the plot.










i LOVE Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever

Answer 6

"Katherine" by Anya Seton

I love historical epics and this is simply the best one I've ever come across.

The characters are well-drawn and yet they still grow and develop over the course of the story. (It takes place over 30 years.)

There's a real earthiness to the writing, but it also holds itself to a romantic and spiritual ideal. The book plops you right down in medieval England, complete with knights and ladies and peasants and sickness and archaic curses and the poetry of Chaucer.

Answer 7

The Secret History by Donna Tartt. I like the college setting, and Donna Tartt shows a wonderful craft for words in this book. I am on my 2nd copy of this book, because the first one fell apart from my reading it so many times.

Answer 8

Swan's Song by Robert McCammon. It is along the same lines as The Stand by Stephen King, but so much better! It was so riveting reading about the Jacob's Mask!

Answer 9

The Stand by Stephen King. The movie is not EVEN close to the book. It's about good and evil.

I love reading King.

Answer 10

The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien. It's an amazing story - it almost reads like history. I read it first when I was 18 and have read it once a year every year since then.