# Name your all-time three favorite novels, in order. No more than three, please **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2025, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-all-time-three-favorite-novels-in-order-no-more-than-three-please/1025316 "2025-12-02T03:38:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-all-time-three-favorite-novels-in-order-no-more-than-three-please/1025316/5 "2025-12-02T03:54:34Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Has this been done before? Probably. I dunno. Whatever. > [@List your three favorite books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-your-three-favorite-books/614285): > > I’m sure this has been done before, but I searched this forum for “favorite” in thread titles, and went back 3 pages without finding anything so I figure I’m good. Please just list three. I’m sure many of us have a hard time narrowing it down, but try. After much thought, I will start with: [ol] [li]For Whom the Bell Tolls - Hemingway[/li][li]A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving[/li][li]\*The Brothers K \*- David James Duncan[/li][/ol] > [@What are the 5 best novels you've ever read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-5-best-novels-youve-ever-read/191068/2): > > I can’t bring myself to whittle my list down any more than this: For Whom the Bell Tolls Don Quixote Lolita The Grapes of Wrath The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn To Kill a Mockingbird Cold Mountain The Name of the Rose But those are quite old, and reason enough for a new thread. As for my picks, I’m going to take at least a few days to build a list, narrow it down to 10 or so, and then break my heart trying to get it down to just _three_. You heartless monster. 😉 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-all-time-three-favorite-novels-in-order-no-more-than-three-please/1025316)._