What is your favorite book of all time and why?
Not only my favorite book but one of the most important books of the century. Lord of the Flies by William Golding is the first allegory to look at mankind scientifically, as under a microscope. The results are very disturbing that humans are following the wrong part of their animal nature, Jack, Freud's id. The character representing reason is ignored, eventually killed. My short book tells the complete story.
Lord of the Flies is a great read!
@RealmOfRealit Most people just read a disturbing story without realizing the profundity and importance of the masterpiece. It was the first attempt to study mankind scientifically, Golding have been brought up in an old-fashion English boarding school, with his father the science teacher. Each of the characters is an aspect of Freud's psychoanalytic theory. Can you name who was the Ego, Superego, and Id. The latter should be pretty easy. My book discusses TLOTF in detail.
"The Bears of Blue River" by Charles Major. When I was in 5th grade, after lunch and recess, my homeroom teacher would have us rest our heads on our desks, and then she would read to us for about 10 minutes. I remember this book, my classmates, and Mrs. McKee with fondness. We called the book "Ben" after the main character. If we were being unruly, Mrs. M would say she wouldn't read to us, and we'd all say "Please read Ben"!. It wasn't until DECADES later, when an ex-boyfriend bought the book for me as a gift, that I read the main character's REAL name:Balser! I'm guessing Mrs. M knew we'd be little shits and make fun of the name, or snicker each time she said it, so she took it upon herself to change the little boy's name to Ben.
"The Absolute at Large" by Karel Capek
I have read self help books quite a bit but one favorite book was "Facts of Life & Other Dirty Jokes" by Willie Nelson
Nonstop by Brian Aldiss, generation starship stories are my favorite scenario in Sci/Fi and he to me wrote the best one.
Puckoon by Spike Milligan. It was one of the few things that cheered me up, as a kid who was 'Emo' before it was a thing.
Anything that starts out "Several and a half metric miles north east of Sligo" is going places. "'Caw' said the crow. 'Balls' said the Milligan."
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. My go-to, comfort book.
All quiet on the western front : because it portrays the stupidity of war and should be read by everyone
"The Lord of the Rings". I read "The Hobbit" while an older boy was making me pleasure him and I loved escaping in my mind. As I got older reading TLOR kept me feeling safe.
I cannot say. It changes all the time, and there will always be more that one.