What’s your favorite book and why? #booktube #shorts #help

[miam]

The count of monte cristo. It felt like boarding a train to a clear destination, a revenge plot, but the ride there took you on such a grand adventure if left me breathless and rocked to my core. Such a stunning and well put together plot, where all the puzzle pieces slid together satisfyingly in the end!

[bobkeane]

There are so many favorites so I will go back to an old favorite Time Enough for Love by Robert Heinlein. A story of heroics, depression, time travel and adventure

[djezmin_o]

My favourite book is Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier. It’s a story that’s equal parts heartbreaking and romantic. I love the Irish folklore, the focus on nature, and on family. It’s a true gem. (But, content warning for sa).

[the_reading_apprentice]

Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson! I absolutely loved how he created a unique pirate fantasy and flipped character stereotypes and still managed to make it a fun, we'll-paced adventure story with a great romance sub-plot!

[heidib.]

The Book Thief. I love how death is portrayed (as a character) and how it shows the dynamics of the human experience. There is one chapter specifically in which Max is daydreaming that cuts me to the core every time.

[Stargazerlost]

One of my favorites is The Last Unicorn by Peter S Beagle. I grew up loving the movie and then discovered the book as a teenager. Decades later, it’s still one of my ultimate favorites.

[rhondasruminationsonreading]

My all-time favourite book is Watership Down by Richard Adams. I just adore the characters so much and the mythology is so good!!

[thesavagesiren]

I love Ready Player One. I'm not much of a reader so I haven't read a lot of books. My husband and I are gamers, and I loved the way it made me feel like I was in a world where anything is possible. Also I loved all the references to games and movies that I love.

[stigsmcqueen]

"Be Water My Friend" by Shannon Lee is my favorite of all time. It isn't a self-help book per say, but is more of a guide to helping people understand that when they encounter problems in life, they have preconceived notions and biases that prevent them from exploring every possible solution to that problem. Lee does an outstanding job of enabling her audience to identify how seeing the world in the way that they do influences the decisions that they make in life, and that finding a way to step outside of that can enable them to do the things that will make their lives better in the long run. It's a very personal and introspective book, and I think it's absolutely outstanding.

[Beard_Hood]

Honestly, i adore so many stories... some single books some series. Some objectively good some objectively bad. but if i had to pick one, and i am choosing to not pick a classic (for reasons), it would be James Islington's Will of the Many.

i read a lot, even more audiobooks as i work outside, i do classics and modern. i pay attention to what is coming out if only to see the quality of stories that people enjoy. unfortunately there aren't a whole lot that i would recommend with a clear conscious. i don't need a book to match my morals, but i do want a book that is either aspirational or asks good questions. Will of the Many managed to do both of these things. it was a breath of fresh air.

[MaryJohnson-bqwz]

Keeping the castle, it has the spirit of pride and prejudice without copying the story. I’ve reread it many times

[paolabuffa]

Love in the time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez ❤🎉😊

[andreahenderson]

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladwell (SciFi epistolary sapphic romance, no spice, INCREDIBLE writing - truly breathtaking)

[phillipweber]

The Other Side by Alfred Kubin, because it feels like I'm dreaming while reading it.

[lurkingturkey]

Imajica Clive Barker because it came out when I needed it most and has been there many other times since then. It is something to experience. In a word: majestic. Close 2nd: Boys Life by Robert McCammon. Such a heartfelt and well made story- an ode to childhood long gone, but not lost or forgotten.

[caelimartin]

My favorite book is probably Ruin by John Gwynne. It was the first book to make me feel so many things at once. I fell in love with John Gwynne and it started my epic fantasy journey when I got back in to reading

[Eq_Cd.A]

The Maze Runner By James Dashner. I really love the story line and how connected I was with the characters. I also few in love with the second in command character Newt. His backstory and how he supported his glader friends just comforted me.

Another one is 100 Days Of Sunlight By Abbie Emmons. This story makes you appreciate what you have and reminds you to love someone with or without a disability.

[Zematus]

The Book of the Short Sun, by Gene Wolfe. This story truly begins with the 4 and half part Book of the New Sun, followed by the two part Book of the Long Sun. It culminates with the long character development and influences of all the main protagonists upon Horn and by the end so many questions on personality, identity and destiny or determinism are treated. The entire sun cycle series is a masterpiece, but I lament that it will never be seen for what it really is. A love story. The Wizard Knight ends similarly and is by far more accessible to most people as it is based in a fantasy setting rather than the far future. Mythology heavily influences all Wolfe's work. Don't expect to get anything handed to you. He respects his reader far too much to give anything away easily. He just may be what you're looking for if your frustrations with authors selling out or stating the obvious have left you grasping or disappointed. Wolfe left a legacy that will one day be recognized as the highest literary achievement in American authorship. I say this not because he is such a gifted writer, but because he has portrayed love, in its most indefatigable and perfect state that it can only be called Christ like; how a man can win the true love of the object of his love by the untiring will and determination of stubborn and unfailing devotion, all the while disregarding slights and pains and self destructive behavior. His book, Homefires, is highly misunderstood and has reviews at both extremes. The end still haunts and overwhelms me. There are some books you don't want to see more written on. Don't touch it! you say, because it's perfect. Even while so many other readers completely missed the point, thus the highly polarized reviews. I have 3 books left of his entire library I have not yet finished. They wait for me for whenever I feel like you do.

[tamarabrouwer]

The Alienist by Caleb Carr. It's historical fiction set in 19th century NYC. I thought the combination of the time period, development of psychology and criminology, and the political turmoil fascinating. It's the first of a duology. The second is The Angel of Darkness. Which I also recommend btw.

[TheDannylingo]

IDK i have a lot. but The lost metal by Brandon Sanderson could be. Because Wayne it's my favourite character in all cosmere