What are your favorite books of all time?Answer

When you think back on every book you've ever read, what are some of your favorites? These can be from any time of your life – books that resonated with you as a kid, ones that shaped your personality as a teen, or ones that inspired you. Whatever conditions you want. These are your favorites after all.

The Overstory

The Overstory
ByRichard Powers

2018 • 632 Readers • 502 pages 4.1

Why this book?

Genuinely one of the most interestting and moving books I've read in recent years.

Cat's Cradle

Cat's Cradle
ByKurt Vonnegut

1963 • 1,067 Readers • 192 pages 4.1

Why this book?

All Kurt Vonnegut books are incredible, but this one in particular. I still carry the ideas of Bokonoism with me.

Calvin and Hobbes

Calvin and Hobbes
ByBill Watterson

1987 • 129 Readers • 127 pages 4.8

Why this book?

I grew up reading Calvin & Hobbes. These smart, funny, weird comics taught me so much. And I LOVE Bill Watterson and his refusal to sell out.

Winter's Tale

Winter's Tale
ByMark Helprin

1983 • 89 Readers • 708 pages 3.8

Why this book?

Beutiful, poetic, funny, this book shaped the way I relate to the world.