What is your favorite book ever?

[Jace]

What is your favorite book ever? Mine is Ender's Game.

 

[chris.ph]

islands in the sky by arthur c clark, ive had it since i was 9 and ive read it pretty much every year for the last 36yrs

 

[Ghost]

Witches Brew By Alfred Hitchcock it was the first adult book I have ever read and even though I know most of the stories off by heart every now and then I reread it

 

[Tonyblack]

Sea of Glass by Barry B Longyear.

 

[The Mad Collector]

Ye gods, how do you choose just one? If I had to then the book I go back to more often than others is probably The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

 

[MongoGutman]

There's been a few over the years... I find you tend to outgrow them...
currently I think The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany shades it for me

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

I had the Ballantine Books edition when L.Sprague DeCamp was the editor for their Adult fantasy series he reissued some great books which were out of print.

 

[Catch-up]

One of my favorites is Naked Came the Sasquatch by John Boston. Only book he wrote, as far as I know. Shame because it was awesome and perfectly set up for a sequel.

 

[Quatermass]

I have many favourites. If I had to choose one, it'd be Doctor Who: All-Consuming Fire by Andy Lane. Doctor Who meets Sherlock Holmes, and they go up against a creature out of the Lovecraft mythos...

 

[janet]

Ghost Horse by Joseph Chipperfield. I read this at age 9 or 10, probably the first full-length novel I ever read, and bought a paperback version many years later.....which I still have. I've never read it again. To lose the magic would be too painful.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

That is always a difficult one to answer, just like who is your favourite author, now if you had asked what is your favourite book by your favourite author, the answer would be. :eusa-think: :confusion-confused: :confusion-scratchheadblue: :teasing-blah: :teasing-blahyellow:

 

[Sister Jennifer]

Even though it's really hard to choose I always say The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy. It ticks all the boxes for me. It's funny, clever, thoughtful, moving. Although I was very young the first time I read it, I'd never read anything like it in my life and it opened doors to other authors that made thinking about the big things enjoyable.

So yeah, that's the one for me.

RIP Douglas Adams.

 

[Sjoerd3000]

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov for me

 

[YoungSam]

Easily Perfume by Partick Suskind. Also one of my favourite movie adaptations

 

[Cheery]

This is going to sound funny, but my favorite book ever is Harold and the Purple Crayon. My dad used to read me that every night before bed and I was absolutely fascinated by this boy who could create a whole world around him, just by drawing with his magic crayon. Unfortunately the book was so much-loved that it eventually fell to pieces. I have yet to find another copy, cause I would love to read it again.

 

[RathDarkblade]

I don't have any "Favourite XYZ Ever". There's just too much to choose.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Cheery there is a few on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss ... ined%2C311

 

[Clem Peppermint]

Oooh, this is a tough one! I really love The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, the wordplay and quirky little English jokes are absolutely unparalleled! Another one of my favourites is The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, as it's just so nonsensical and absurd that you don't have a choice but to laugh

 

[Molokov]

I know it's cliche, but it's basically the entire Discworld Series

 

[=Tamar]

Impossible to choose. It changes. Right now, one that comes to mind is Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. It had a formative effect on me when it was published and I have reread it many times.
I wish the movie had stuck closer to the book,, but fortunately the book still exists in print and part of the reason for that is the movie, which led to a revival for all her work.