These Are Your Favorite Books

I asked you about your favorite books on Twitter recently, and got more responses than I anticipated.

About 955, as it turns out.

Let's try this.

If you see this tweet you’re legally obligated to respond with your favorite book.

(Double points if that book is Flowers for Algernon)
— Johann Thorsson (@johannthors) August 13, 2019

Here are the books that were mentioned most often (including quite a few that surprised me.)

The Phantom Tollbooth
East of Eden & Grapes of Wrath
To Kill a Mockingbird
House of Leaves
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Watership Down
Dandelion Wine
Orlando
Catch 22
Boy’s Life
The Count of Monte Christo
1984
Dune
All the Light We Cannot See
Blood Meridian & All The Pretty Horses
The Hobbit
A Wrinkle in Time
Where the Red Fern Grows

I’ve read about half of those, which I guess is not bad. It means I have some good reading ahead of me.

The one most people mentioned was The Phantom Tollbooth. I’ve never read it and have only heard it mentioned a few times so it’s popularity really surprised me.