Reddit post:

[conuly]

Comment your all time favorite book and I’ll make a list and read them one by one.

Oh, man. ONE book? I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO SUGGEST. Some of my favorites were already suggested, so I'm not doubling them. Any ideas? I just love telling people what to read.

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Comments

[landofnowhere]

As far as I can tell no Diana Wynne Jones has been suggested. I'm not on Reddit, but if I were I'd be tempted to name /Fire and Hemlock/.

[readerjane]

Picking a favorite book is like picking a favorite child. You can't bear to wound the others.

[adrian_turtle]

My first thought was "Code Name Verity," by Elizabeth Wein. If that has already been suggested (or if you suspect you're talking to a fan of vampire stories), try "Fledgling," by Octavia Butler.

[offcntr]

Zoe's Tale, by John Scalzi, or Impulse, by Steven Gould. Yes, I guess I like snarky female/teen protagonists. On the other hand, both Swordheart and Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher are amazing, and feature mature female protagonists...

[conuly]

When the nieces were still in their single digits they once cornered me on the question of "But really, which of us is your FAVORITE???"

Trapped, I blurted out the only answer I could - Moosie (the stuffed animal), because she always does what I tell her and is very soft and snuggly.

[archangelbeth]

I'd pick Wynne Jones' Charmed Life, I think. I adored that one...

[calimac]

Fire and Hemlock goes for me as one of the three great fantasy novels published since The Lord of the Rings. It's an awesome book.

[fred_mouse]

My favourite ever DW Jones is Power of Three

[fred_mouse]

Nina Kiriki Hoffman's Spirits That Walk in Shadow

Used to be that I had hundreds of favourites. This is now the one that I recommend above all others. Content warnings for emotion vampire and problematic parents. (possibly also abusive family members - there definitely are in others of this series, but the stories are all tangled in my head). Technically book 3 of the series, stands alone just fine.

[greghousesgf]

The idea that child abuse mostly occurs in poor families is ridiculous.

[archersangel]

i couldn't pick an all time favorite book. i could tell the 2-3 i really liked form the past year or two.

[marahmarie]

Jazz, by Toni Morrison. (Can you tell I'm behind on DW?)

[conuly]

I feel ya!