My favorite book of all time? Do you have any idea how many books I've read in my life? The answer to this question would depend on the day of the week you asked me. If you asked me again tomorrow, I'd probably have a different answer. If you'd asked me yesterday then I probably would have said something different than whatever I say today.
There are several obvious answers here. Harry Potter comes to mind. It's one of the only books (all 7 by the way) that I can reread and still enjoy the second and third and hundredth time around. The Witches of Eastwick also comes to mind. It's so beautifully written. I love it. It goes without saying that Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere is a masterpiece. I reread it too. It's amazing. I love it. Anyone who knows me well would expect one of those answers. Today, though, I think I'll go with something else.
Again, it's a series and not a single book. I had no idea I read so many series until I participated in this challenge! My favorite book(s) of all time (today, anyway) is Carolyn Keene's Nancy Drew series. Nancy Drew isn't my favorite book because it's timeless and a joy for little girls to read (though it is). Nancy Drew is my favorite book because my grandma on my dad's side read them while she was in the orphanage and she loved them so much that she gave me one of her priceless treasures (her own Nancy Drew from that orphange) to read for myself when I was a little girl. I read it and I loved it. Then we decided that we should both have the entire series, but we wanted the out of print yellow books from her childhood. So a mad treasure hunt was born. Every one in my family (on both sides) got in on it. My grandma and I, by the way, finally completed our collections about two years ago. I love these books.
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