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What is your favourite book?
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Really, not possible to have a single favorite. Maybe favorites by genre?
Fiction: Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_of_the_Wind
Science Fiction: Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper (bonus! public domain!)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Fuzzy
Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18137
Fantasy: Lord of the Rings
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings
Horror:
Books of Blood by Clive Barker
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_of_Blood
Of particular note are the stories "The Yattering and Jack" and "The Body Politic".
Western:
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_(series)
Romance:
Griffin and Sabine series by Nick Bantock
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin_and_Sabine
Also - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlander_(book_series)
Travel:
Into the Heart of Borneo by Redmond O'Hanlon
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/123474/into-the-heart-of-borneo-by-redmond-ohanlon/
Also - In Trouble Again by Redmond O'Hanlon
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/123475/in-trouble-again-by-redmond-ohanlon/
Religion:
Rescuing the Bible From Fundamentalism by Archbishop John Shelby Spong
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/rescuing-the-bible-from-fundamentalism-john-shelby-spongjohn-shelby-spong?variant=41174963781666
Also - Liberating the Gospels: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes by Archbishop John Shelby Spong
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/liberating-the-gospels-john-shelby-spong?variant=41245649600546
Mythology:
Tales series by Chronicle Books:
https://www.chroniclebooks.com/collections/tales
If you like Books of Blood, may I recommend North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud? Utterly terrifying stories.
I'll check that out!