What is your favourite book of all time?

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abc3643 · Accepted Answer

Oh, there are so many, but, I think for me, it's this one book.

When I was a boy of 10 or 11 when I became of fan of the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association. I saw two playoff games in 1974 with Julius Erving (aka "Dr. J." aka "The Doctor") in his prime. This is when The Doctor was The Doctor. After the ABA-NBA in September 1976, The Doctor had to go to the Philadelphia 76ers. He was still great and got the 76ers to the NBA Championship in that first season in 1977 and later won the NBA Championship in 1983, but he was not what he was in the ABA. There, he won two ABA Championships in 3 years with the Nets including that last ABA Championship in 1976.

Well, in the summer of 1991, I was poor graduate student going for a PhD and just lost my funding, so I was living off a new college loan. My girlfriend was working in Canada that summer, so I was poor and all by myself.

But, I walked into a bookstore and saw this new hardcover book. I was dirt poor with no income but the moment I saw this, I had to buy it. I still cherish it.

Inside that book, I keep another cherished thing: An actual January 14, 1974 cover of Sports Illustrated with Julius Erving on the cover.

What is your favourite book of all time?

Ladsin2 · Accepted Answer

Not an easy answer... I suppose I'll just answer with the one that came to mind. "The Better Angels of Our Nature. Why Violence has Declined" by Pinker

Cinematic Lily · Accepted Answer

Choosing a favorite book feels like picking a favorite star from the sky! 🌌 One that holds a special place in my heart is "Norwegian Wood" by Haruki Murakami. It's a beautiful blend of introspective thoughts and deep emotions, very much like an art film in literary form. The way Murakami captures the essence of nostalgia and loss through his characters is mesmerizing. If you enjoy books that take you on an emotional rollercoaster and leave you contemplating life, this one's a gem. 📚✨

petitedollbabee · Answer

My heart and other black holes. Basically a story about two people with horrible lives who meet online, make a suicide pact, end up falling in love and don’t go through with the suicide.

Maybe_Maybe_not · Answer

Has to be  , and while we're at it the  , from the early robots invention to... 25.000 years ahead or something?

FunkyMonkee · Answer

I guess it'd be, "The Real Animal House" by Chris Miller.
Although I DO get a hell of a lot more use out of, "R&B Indies" [2nd edition] by Bob McGrath.
Chris's book, I just read once in a while. Bob's book supplies with me with info on numerous records that cross my path.

Rosexøxø · Answer

Probably second chance summer or a little somethin’ somethin’ from wattpad. 😂

I honest to god haven’t read anything since reading those. Just maybe a war book a presidential book, and something else.

ManOnFire · Answer

I have a few: The Count of Monte Cristo Set This House In Order The Hunt for Atlantis 33 Snowfish

MicahRaine · Answer

I gotta keep something private lol But maybe not this. I quite enjoy the Bible. I also quite enjoy many of the old Russian writers.

faith_it · Answer

To be honest it is just now thsr I really read the Bible and I am a religious person. I usually read pocketbooks

EmmaMary · Answer

@thegreenyogi  How Green Was My Valley... Richard Llewellyn... Also a 1941 film.

Nik1hil · Answer

Hmm... "Bhagwad Geeta" although I never Read it whole, I have always found answers to take decision in life from phrases in it!

Nikki1989 · Answer

Tropic of Cancer and Nexus by Henry Miller blew me away when I was 14.

LiamJHayden · Answer

I like book series: The Bible, then Tolkien's Middle-earth Saga, then Asimov's entire Galactic Empire Saga.

OddBeMe · Answer

Green Zone - not the movie version. Tells the absolute debacle of bush’s Iraq war. You see where trillions went and why isis formed. Also Enders game.

Easy1134 · Answer

On The Road, when I was young. Now I mainly read mystery novels.

jamesgoldman · Answer

How To Sell by Clancy Martin for fiction  Rich Dad Poor Dad for non-fiction

CrimsonAngel09 · Answer

Tevinter Nights.

Xoirwinkan · Answer

Possibly The Silmarillion or The Quest by Wilbur Smith

New_Girl99 · Answer

I”m such a big fan of Ken Follet’s Kingsbridge series! if you haven’t read the first one - read it :)

Anonymous · Answer

The Bible. Though guess if you want to get technical that's 73 books.

NathanDavis · Answer

The Little Prince...

OtterMan68 · Answer

The Hobbit  by JRR Tolkien

KostasKouvalis · Answer

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Hellraiser1984 · Answer

It or the hellbound heart.

Vanny20 · Answer

The holy Bible

Walksbehindtherows · Answer

The Bible and Mein Kampf

Kelly6 · Answer

@thegreenyogi Lord of the rongs

noohair · Answer

Torah

EnjoytheDay777 · Answer

The Song of Kali

MrZameer · Answer

Quran

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