Favorite Books of All Time

I am looking for some good books to read. Any suggestions from your all-time favorites list, the books you could re-read because you just love them that much?

A few of mine are:

Little Women

Fortune's Rocks

My Heart Laid Bare

Pride and Prejudice

The Secret Life of Bees

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Permalink Reply by Lori, Daphne, Lucy & Pippa on April 10, 2013 at 5:29pm

Me too. It has always been a favorite of mine. I saw the movie years ago too.

Permalink Reply by Marnie, Stanlee's Mom on April 8, 2013 at 11:47am

I love The Horse Whisperer by Nicolas Evens, have read it numerous times, but absolutely hated the movie. I, too, have read every book by Dean Koontz and own them all as well. (Hi, my name is Marnie and I'm a book hoarder....HI MARNIE) My favorite of his is Dark Rivers of the Heart. I really enjoy dystopian literature and recently read the first two in the Divergent series by Veronica Roth - fabulous.

This is a difficult question as I have so very many books I love and reread them every few years. What genre do you prefer? (Classics, mystery, romance, dystopian, contemporary, suspense, horror...) This would help me narrow my favorites list down.

Permalink Reply by Lynda Kamrath on April 8, 2013 at 5:14pm

I guess I would say historical fiction. Loved the books by Diana Galbaldon. They are historical fiction with an element of time travel - exactly down my line.

Permalink Reply by Lynda Kamrath on May 7, 2013 at 5:50pm

I just reread The Horse Whisperer, always a favorite. My favorite Koontz book is also Whispers. A little different type of book, but also good.

Permalink Reply by Joan Bollaert on April 9, 2013 at 7:54pm

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough....best book I've ever read

Still Alice by Lisa Genova

a trilogy by Penny Vincenzi:

Into Temptation

Something Dangerous

No Angel

Beach Music by Pat Conroy

Permalink Reply by Lori, Daphne, Lucy & Pippa on April 10, 2013 at 5:34pm

The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks. It's about a great love and a great dog.

Permalink Reply by Diane and Alma on May 7, 2013 at 2:02pm

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Wells

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

honorable mention: The Wedding Gift by Marlen Suyapa Bodden (Amazing ending!)

Permalink Reply by DonMarie and Picco on September 23, 2013 at 4:24pm

I've read Watership Down several times. I turn to it during difficult times. I know there is a movie but I refuse to see it.

Permalink Reply by Lynda Kamrath on September 24, 2013 at 5:52pm

Looked at the other notice by you and saw the posts were three years old. This is a little better. I am definitely a reader and have several favorite authors and themes. If you like mystery, try Dean Koontz. I have read and re-read many of his books. I also really enjoy Kate Morton, Diana Galbaldon, and Deborah Harkness. I love time travel and historical fiction. These book are more along the feminine side, and I also enjoy books by Lee Child and David Balducci, but they tend to be a little violent and more of a masculine taste (at least I think so). I like to read everything by an author and kind of get stuck on an author when I like them. Read on!

Permalink Reply by Joan Bollaert on March 18, 2014 at 6:14am

The Thorn Birds is a favorite of mine

Permalink Reply by Joan Bollaert on May 23, 2015 at 6:16pm

The Thorn Birds

Still Alice

Beach Music and anything else by Pat Conroy

Gone With The Wind

Olive Kitteridge

There Are No Children Here (non fiction)

The Husband's Secret

I've mentioned a few of these in a previous post but have added a couple of more recently read.

Permalink Reply by Kathryn digregorio on February 1, 2016 at 10:17am