People like to ask book lovers what their favorite book or author is. I’ve been asked so many times and I never know what to say. I can’t pick just one, there are so many! Can you?

I’ve tried breaking it down to genres or target audience. I’ve tried breaking it down to year (or even month) read. No matter what categories I put forward, I still can’t narrow it down to just one book or one author. I love so many for such different but equally compelling reasons.

For the purpose of this post, I randomly chose 10 of my favorite authors and books to give a general idea of the variety of things I read. These are listed in no particular order.

Authors

Gayle Forman
Sandhya Menon
Alexis Hall
Aiden Thomas
Becky Albertalli
Andy Weir
Ashley Poston
Farrah Rochon
Darynda Jones
Casey McQuiston

Books

Josh & Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman
The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
Broken by Jenny Lawson
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
The Last Days of Lilah Goodluck by Kylie Scott