Whats your favourite book and why?

[Shell B]

Fuck. I have to give a few.

"The Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien

"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

"Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

"Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

"Dune" by Frank Herbert

Oddly enough, there aren't any Stephen King, even though he must be my favorite author, since I've read all of his books. Hated "Gerald's Game" and "Rose Madder," though.

All fine books and much enjoyed.  The only Stephen King I've read is the one about the nut job lady that rescues and then keeps some unfortunate author confined to her house by repeatedly injuring him as he begins to heal.  It was like a car wreck, impossible to turn away from.  His writing is riveting but entirely wasted on junk themes.

I'm going to have to disagree. Dismissing anything that isn't intellectual as junk isn't fair, in my opinion. He writes horror, which is my favorite genre (if underrepresented in my list). Its only goal is to entertain, frighten and disgust, which isn't junk. It's emotive, which has its own value in literature. Some of us don't read only to find significant underlying meaning or anything of the sort. Sometimes, we read to escape, which "junk themes" offer perfectly. The wonderful thing about King is that he is able to write about these supernatural or horrifying events using wholly believable characters. In fact, when it comes to character development and realism, he's in my top five. If you've ever been to New England, you know how well he captures the mindset of folks here. He may not be Bradbury, Vonnegut or Wells, but he's not popular for no reason.

This just reminded me that I forgot to mention why these are my favorites.