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[-] awderon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

There is too much out there for only one favorite book. The favorite book is only until I read the next good book.

But I always keep returning to Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is also an all-time favorite of mine.

[-] Reygle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[-] markovianparallax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My favorite books are probably Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition: The Remarkable Journal of Shackleton's Polar-Bound Cat by Caroline Alexander, The Plutonium Files: America's Secret Medical Experiments in the Cold War by Eileen Welsome, Stoner by John Williams, and Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes.

Edit: Oh yeah, and Hitchhiker's Guide, of course.

[-] theatremaker@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I loved Stoner. Such a simple story, but a really complete take on a type of American life. Was a recommendation from a forum as well — so thanks to you for starting a conversation here and looking forward to seeing what folks most enjoy reading.

[-] brettwilcox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Favorite Book: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy or maybe The Name of the Wind

Favorite Series: The Dresden Files

[-] Laxaria@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Favorite is hard, but for memorable, Bridge to Terabithia is definitely one of the most memorable ones.

[-] lemmekno@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] MacFearrs@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Standalone book: The Neverending Story

Book series: It's a hard choice between The Hitchhiker's Guide by Douglas Adams and His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

[-] Laxaria@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I've read a ton of books but the ending of His Dark Materials broke me in so many ways. I don't think I've ever had marzipan but that one word (and the scenes around it) are so memorable in how bittersweet they were.

[-] brettwilcox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

His Dark Materials is one of the very best. I want to go back and read those books again.

[-] ScytheAsgore@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I like sci-fi/fantasy dystopian stuff. My favorite book is Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman.

[-] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

I'm absolutely loving the amount of love that The Hitchhikers guide is getting in this comment section.

As for me, it probably ends in a two way split. The aforementioned Hitchhikers Guide, or I Am Legend. I've read them both multiple times and will happily recommend them to anyone.

[-] theatremaker@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

One Hundred Years of Solitude / Cien Años de Soledad. Breathtaking in Spanish, beautiful in English. A mythic journey through so many volumes of collective human pain and love and life and death. The first time I read it (in English), it was extremely difficult to track all the characters, but the effort was worth it to be immersed in such a full, rich portrait of a family. The payoff of the final pages made me appreciate writing and storytelling anew.

There are so many iconic moments: a woman so beautiful that she’s not of this Earth simply floats into the sky one day; a man haunted to madness by the ghost of the man he killed is tied to a tree; incest babies have pig tails; the banana massacre. The book defined a genre with its magical yet realistic style, and it tells the history of a century on a very personal level. Really enjoyable read, every time.

[-] kommerzbert@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Several months ago I finished Dan Simmons "Hyperion" it's such an amazing book. It got everything I want from a good sci-fi story!

Can't wait to read the other parts.

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