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 Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings
ByJ.R.R. Tolkien

1954 • 1,495 Readers • 1,178 pages 4.5

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

1997 • 5,181 Readers • 309 pages 4.3

Why this book?

My wife and I connected over this book and the series. We were married before book 3 came out.

Stranger at the Gate : To be Gay and Christian in America

1994 • 5 Readers • 347 pages 4

Why this book?

When I first came out as queer, this book helped me keep some faith. It showed me the men behind all of the hatred and anti-gay rhetoric, making them less of a threat and more into a manageable bully.

Flowers for Algernon

Flowers for Algernon
ByDaniel Keyes

19 • 1,635 Readers • 311 pages 4.3

Why this book?

Made me more sensitive to the lives of those differently able than me I was a teen when I first read it and it opened my eyes and let me to keep learning.

To Kill a Mockingbird

1960 • 3,474 Readers • 309 pages 4.1

Why this book?

I was deeply moved by the injustices and this book had me viewing the world differently.

1984

1984
ByGeorge Orwell

1949 • 5,483 Readers • 352 pages 4.2

The Boxcar Children

The Boxcar Children
ByGertrude Chandler Warner

1924 • 117 Readers 3.9

Why this book?

My first book series and collection. It also fueled my love of mysteries.