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    What's Your Favourite Book of ALL Time?

    March 21, 2013 by Karen 486 Comments

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    Lonesome Dove. If I was forced to pick my absolute favourite book, that's what it would be.  There are others I thought were great and loved, but ... I always come back to Lonesome Dove.

     

     

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    Which is funny because I picked it up and started it around 5 times before I could get past the first few pages. I'd pick it up, start to read it and think ... Uch. I can't read this book. I did that 5 times.

    I either just wasn't in the mood for that particular book, or maybe the first few pages confused me. I don't know. But I kept trying and one day I picked that book up and it hit me like a donkey kick to the face. THIS was the greatest book ever written.

    Last week I wrote a little post explaining a bit about what the Pulitzer Prize is exactly and how it started. Some, but not all of my favourite books are on the list.

    Would you like to save this stuff?

    We'll email you this post, so you can refer to it later.

    Wanna know some more of my favourite books? Too bad.

    Because today isn't about some of your favourite books. It's about the ONE book. The single, all time favourite.

    No cheating and no doubling up. You are forced to pick one and only one.

    In the comment section, write the name of your favourite book. I don't want stories to go along with it, why you liked it ... nothin' like that.

    Just the name of the book (and author if you want).

    That way you can come back here and easily scroll down the comments to find a good book. There won't be any talking or blabbing interfering with the list. Books. Just books.

    I'll start us off.

     

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    1. Holly

      April 20, 2025 at 10:18 am

      The Lord of the Rings. Read it about 20 times
      over 45 years.

      Reply
    2. Beverly

      April 12, 2024 at 1:07 am

      The Dove by Robin Lee Graham. It's the reason I bought a sailboat capable of sailing around the world in - even if I never do so.

      Reply
      • Karen

        April 12, 2024 at 11:30 am

        I can't afford to read The Dove then. ;) ~ karen!

        Reply
        • Beverly

          April 12, 2024 at 1:48 pm

          Well then, it's good you didn't buy a ranch in Montana,lol. Lonesome Dove is a great book. I also loved the series and thought all the characters were well cast. Robert Duval was perfect as Gus.

    3. Steven Wonder

      March 18, 2024 at 7:16 pm

      I think I read just about everything McMurtry wrote including the prequel and sequel to Lonesome Dove. LD is one of my favorites as well.

      Reply
    4. Jack Schlesinger

      February 24, 2024 at 7:31 am

      South of broad by pat conroy.
      Great story that plastered me in the end.

      Reply
    5. R. Scott

      February 02, 2024 at 11:15 pm

      My first favorite book, Beautiful Joe a dog's own story

      Reply
    6. Therese

      December 15, 2023 at 12:28 pm

      Travels With Charlie: In search of America, John Steinbeck

      Reply
      • Karen

        December 17, 2023 at 11:02 am

        I've heard that recommendation a few times since getting my standard poodle. :) ~karen!

        Reply
        • Therese

          December 18, 2023 at 1:05 pm

          Oh yes! lol. I travelled across America many years with my dog too, but what grabbed me about this book of his (he is a fav author of mine) was the beautiful portrayal of the American people. I had met almost every type of person he wrote about on my travels! Only he had such a great way of describing the interaction :) Colourful. Beautiful. Simple. Sad that he had such a short life. I hope you get to read it.

    7. Janet Martin

      November 26, 2023 at 5:59 am

      The Poisonwood Bible

      Reply
    8. Celeste

      November 20, 2023 at 7:30 am

      Shogun

      Reply
    9. shannon

      November 09, 2023 at 3:48 pm

      The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay

      Reply
    10. Sharon

      October 15, 2023 at 9:03 pm

      My absolute favourite is anything by Sir Terry Pratchett. I re-read all of his books (41) every year but my absolute favourite one of his is "Night Watch". That was the book that he turned from writing parodies to an authour who was considered the best satirist since Jonathan Swift. Until JK Rowling appeared he was the world's top earning authour in spite of not selling much in North America. There are still yearly conventions from Germany to Australia devoted strictly to him.

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    11. Ellie Fournier

      October 06, 2023 at 10:03 pm

      So incredibly weird - considering the countless books in the world - but I just emailed a friend yesterday & we were discussing books. I told her my all-time favorite book was Lonesome Dove, which I've re-read many times. Never thought I'd come across someone else who also called it a favorite! :)

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      • Karen

        October 07, 2023 at 10:47 am

        I've meant to reread it for years but there are so many other good books to read that I never manage to. It is an *excellent* book. As you know. :) ~ karen

        Reply
    12. Sherry O

      August 19, 2023 at 2:51 pm

      Last of the Breed by Louis L'Amour

      Reply
    13. Cara M Powers

      August 11, 2023 at 8:05 am

      I really loved that I could ask your site a question and retrieve the name of a book I saw you mention (Lonesome Dove). awhile ago. cooool

      Reply
    14. Kathy McCarvell

      July 22, 2023 at 12:32 am

      The Thorn birds by Colleen McCullough

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