Anything by Steinbeck, especially "The Grapes of Wrath".

So many good books on this thread! I'll add:

Trade Wind, M.M. Kaye

Lost Horizon, James Hilton

Girl On a Swing, Richard Adams

Love Story, Erich Segal - such a tearjerker!

Pet Sematary, Stephen King- I read this after I had a stillbirth and the themes of love, grief, and desperation were so powerful to me.

Also, the James Herriott books. Hilarious, heartbreaking, inspiring - just wonderful.

Anonymous wrote:I have read many of the books listed here but my favorite book of all time is Charlotte’s Web.

Such an incredible book about acceptance, friendship and love.

+ 1 That is a wonderful book!

Some Young Adult and Children’s favorites:

-Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
-The Series of Unfortunate Events
-Mysterious Benedict Society
-Wonder

The Time Traveler’s Wife
All The Light You Cannot See
The His Dark Materials trilogy
Pride and Prejudice
The Harry Potter series
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Andersonville by McKinley Kantor
A tree grows in Brooklyn by Betty smith
The Guernsey literary and potato peel pie society
Little house on the prairie
The diary books by Sandra Dallas
the outlander series

The Diary of Anne Frank
To kill a Mockingbird
Sophie’s choice
The Stand
The world According to Garp

Anonymous wrote:Papillon by Henri Charriere

Based in a true story.
It's about a prison break which might sound boring - but it is not! VERY good!!

If you liked Papillon, you might also enjoy Serpico by Peter Maas. About a NYC cop who refused to take bribes.

A favorite from childhood - Daddy Long Legs.

Just ordered mists of Avalon. Thanks to this thread.

Anonymous wrote:Pride and Prejudice
Love Medicine
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Vanity Fair
Middlemarch
War and Peace (I know it's really long, but give it a try. It's stunning)
A Midwife's Tale

Clearly, I love 19th-century fiction.

Oh, and a PP's list reminded me that I forgot to add Faulkner to my list. Absalom, Absalom rips me apart every time.

+1 Vanity Fair

Anonymous wrote:Two classics that still blew me away with how good they were: Moby Dick and Frankenstein

I read Frankenstein in college and I loved it!

The Cider house Rules by John Irving

I have read many of the books listed here but my favorite book of all time is Charlotte’s Web.

Such an incredible book about acceptance, friendship and love.