These are my favorite books as of 19 April 2026

1. Catch 22 by Joseph Keller
2. It by Stephen King
3. At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Gordon W. Prange
4. Dune by Frank Herbert
5. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
6. Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
7. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
8. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein
   • Fellowship of the Ring
   • The Two Towers
   • The Return of the King
9. 1984 by George Orwell
10. East of Eden by John Steinbeck
11. Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
12. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
13. John Adams by David McCullough
14. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
15. Hawaii by James Mitchener
16. Animal Farm by George Orwell
17. Truman by David McCullough
18. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer