Do you have a Favorite book?

Just wondering if anyone has a favorite book and what it is and what it's about...

Mine is "Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah" by writer and pilot Richard Bach (he also wrote Jonathan Livingston Seagull). It's the story of Donald Shimoda, a mechanic, and Richard, the guy who met him in a cornfield, and the conversations they had while barnstorming. A couple quotes from the book:
read that around 40 years ago. "the best way to avoid responsibilities to to say i have responsibilities". use it at work all the time :D

My favorite book ever is my 1970 Plymouth factory service manual. Loaded with assembly line adventure and pics of tools they used to assemble everything. Everytime I read it cover to cover I learn something new.

No, I am not joking, i really have read it cover to cover
i enjoy the hell out of reading service manuals

too many books i like, but to nudge the yougins, Red Wind by Raymond Chandler
"There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge."