4.18 avg rating — 220,830 ratings

"This, along with Princess Bride, Labyrinth and the Dark Crystal, were films on eternal repeat at my house as a child. When I was finally able to purchase a copy of the book, I wore through multiple copies of it as well. One of these days, I need to get another copy in the original German."

4.15 avg rating — 152,418 ratings

"This was given to me by my high school astronomy teacher after we reeked out in class my sophomore year, and it's been one of my favorite books ever since."

3.88 avg rating — 349,757 ratings

"From late grade school or early middle school."

3.76 avg rating — 1,929 ratings

"From late grade school or early middle school."

3.82 avg rating — 280 ratings

"Found this in college, and really helped me reframe life with a chronic illness in an understandable (and livable) way. It was a real turning point."

3.97 avg rating — 282,104 ratings

"I found a well-loved, annotated copy of this in the used book bin when buying textbooks for my first semester at college. I think I lost more sleep reading and reflecting on this novel than I did actually studying that year."

4.01 avg rating — 297,766 ratings

"Read this in sixth or seventh grade, which made me a real hit with all the gamer boys that hung out at the RPG shop downtown. This was my first foray into scifi novels, and FAR from my last..."

3.72 avg rating — 2,689 ratings

"Read this in high school. There are still quotes that resonate with me."

4.27 avg rating — 947,614 ratings

"Saw the movie as a kid, and immediately had to read the book, which was even better than the film. Both are still among my top picks of all time."

4.20 avg rating — 2,549 ratings

"Discovered Piercy after reading He, She, and It for a Comp Lit class in college. Her poetry is beautiful, and was something that resonated even more with me than her fiction did."

4.31 avg rating — 267 ratings

"Discovered Piercy after reading He, She, and It for a Comp Lit class in college. Her poetry is beautiful, and was something that resonated even more with me than her fiction did."

4.11 avg rating — 721 ratings

"DIscovered Rilke in high school when looking for a copy of All's Quiet on the Western Front for an AP English class (mixed him up with Erich Maria Remarque.) A very happy mixup that was, as Rilke is one of my favorite poets out there."

4.12 avg rating — 1,948 ratings

"DIscovered Rilke in high school when looking for a copy of All's Quiet on the Western Front for an AP English class (mixed him up with Erich Maria Remarque.) A very happy mixup that was, as Rilke is one of my favorite poets out there."

4.32 avg rating — 1,659 ratings

"DIscovered Rilke in high school when looking for a copy of All's Quiet on the Western Front for an AP English class (mixed him up with Erich Maria Remarque.) A very happy mixup that was, as Rilke is one of my favorite poets out there."

4.35 avg rating — 829,938 ratings

"Loaned to me by a friend in college, I've given away more copies of this book than I care to recollect. It's a dense, epic tale, and well worth the read."

3.86 avg rating — 1,707 ratings

"This, along with Snow Crash, were my sci-fi staples, while War for the oaks was my first foray into fantasy after Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality and Xanth novels."

3.78 avg rating — 37,913 ratings

"Recommended when I was getting my own small business off the ground. A short, great read for anyone trying to decide whether or not to buckle down and invest their time and energy into a project of any type."

4.31 avg rating — 1,472,915 ratings

"I read this around the same time I started reading Heinlein. I loved its directness and focus on the plot and characters, but when I went to learn more about Card as a person, was disgusted at his anti-woman and anti-gay views."

4.18 avg rating — 51,172 ratings

"Another book I give away left and right. de Becker discusses differentiating between fear (good) and panic/anxiety (bad); how to recognize toxic personalities and manipulators; as well as trusting our intuition as much safer ways to conduct ourselves in modern society. I find this especially useful as a woman, but everyone can find value in this book."

4.25 avg rating — 824,530 ratings

"Another book introduced by my best friend from back home. From here, she added the Sandman comics, and it was all downhill from there..."

3.92 avg rating — 13,770 ratings

"After reading my way through quite a bit of sci-fi and fantasy, I started reading Hugo and Nebula Award-winning books; this was one such novel recommended to me just before I graduated from high school. It was an excellent read."

4.23 avg rating — 221,207 ratings

"Loved the original (not the sanitized and Disney-fied) versions when I was finally able to read them as a child, and then finally got to read them in their original German (and understand them properly) when I took a German literature class in college."

3.88 avg rating — 11,676 ratings

"Given to me in middle school by my best friend at the time. I really enjoyed his writing style and it was my first introduction to ethical non-monogamy, but I have real issues with his rather sexist depictions of women in most of his literary works. Unfortunately, I didn't understand those for what they were until years later; early on, some of the dialogue or other writing just made me vaguely uncomfortable and I couldn't articulate why. I'd still put it on here for nostalgia's sake, though."

4.10 avg rating — 2,129 ratings

"All of the Schott's Miscellany books, really. He used to put one out every year, though it's slowed down the last few. I'm a huuuge fan of trivia, and these make great random reads when I only have a few minutes here or there."

4.01 avg rating — 10,651 ratings

"This, along with Snow Crash, were my sci-fi staples, while War for the oaks was my first foray into fantasy after Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality and Xanth novels."