My favourite book of all times is without a doubt Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. You know it's a good book when you actually *feel* all the emotions the main character feels in the novel, when reading you feel stressed, anxious, and claustrophobic, and the ending really makes you feel liberated (at least to an extent). It's a short book but also conveys so much.
Also, it's amazing as despite being a dystopian novel it does not criticise a particular political party or stance, but rather human nature as a whole. And who knows, with the rapid development of technology there's a strong likelihood that the events of the book would one day be reality.
Favourite series of all time are Harry Potter (need I say more?) and The Three Body Problem, which is trilogy that opens in the 1960s and ends trillions of years in the future. As it's translated fiction not many people know this series (BUT IT'S SO GOOD!) so here's a brief introduction (explained very badly by me):
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(1st book - The Three Body Problem) An astrophysics student witnesses her father's execution in the 1960s and loses faith in humanity. She gets transferred to a top secret military base working on establishing communication with extraterrestrial life, and sends a message into space basically asking aliens to invade earth as she believes humanity is doomed. 4 light years away aliens from the planet of Trisolaris (they orbit around 3 suns) plans an invasion of earth as their home planet is constantly under threat from the unpredictable activity of their 3 suns.
(2nd book - The Dark Forest) In present day the UN tries to counter the attack through different means which all end in failure. An ex-astronomy student and sociologist (who also probably has schizophrenia, as he broke up with his real life girlfriend in order marry to a fictional character he created) is granted complete power by the UN to do anything to stop the attack after finding out that Trisolaris wants him dead.
(3rd book - Death's End) In present day a rich physicist dying of cancer buys a star (an actual star) for a girl he had a crush on during their uni days, and the girl responds by sending his brain to space in order to act as an 'ambassador' between Earth and Trisolaris. About 400 years into the future, Trisolaris invades earth and forces everyone to move to Australia so that Trisolaris can have the northern hemisphere to themselves (for the 2nd time in history 'Straya becomes a dumping ground).
I’m really bad at picking favourite anything but the book that immediately comes to mind is Tomorrow when the war began. There’s no particular part of it, but I could (and have) reread it over and over again and still love it, and that’s always a sign of a good book imo.
Man, I forgot that series existed. I probably read the first book at least 10 times back in year 8, and would definitely read it again.
Hmmm... WAY to many to pick from.
But if I must, it'll be a book from my primary years :D.
"I want to go home", by Gordon Korman.
It's the funniest book I've ever read, and in fact, Korman is my full time favourite author.
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Basically, Rudy Miller is forced to go to camp, where he participates in nothing. When he is FORCED to participate, it turns out that he is a sporting prodigy. The outright refusal to play sport makes his hut counselor nearly mad, and Rudy is always escaping from Camp, so an altogether entertaining read.
End Note: He never wanted to get away, but did it for the mental battle of wits kind of thing
He writes the Everest and Island Trilogies, Bruno and Boots, Swindler, etc... along with a couple of awesome singles (No coins please) and part of the Cahill kids episodes... (39 Clues).
A great Author of primary kids books, that will stay with you forever. :D
Mod edit: fixed spoiler :D