Favorite Books
I'm a lifelong reader and my favorite genres are science fiction and fantasy. I'm primarily a character-drive reader and I love books that have deep and well rounded characters who's motivations feel authentic. Also, magic.
Dune
I love science fiction that weaves some mysticism and/or religion into the story and Dune is my favorite book. I love the world building and that not everything is explained to the reader. Also Dune manages to do this in 187k words, which sometimes feels like the preface of modern science fiction.
Hyperion
Continuing the theme of religion and mysticism, Hyperion is a brilliant novel that brings together mutliple stories each with their own characters and structure into a single story. I also love any story that has a Jesuit priest in it because I went to a Jesuit high school.
Lonesome Dove
This book is the odd one out in this list. I don't read a lot of Westerns, but I love this book. The characters are incredible and the Larry McMurtry writes slice-of-life better than any author I've read.
Fool's Errand
Robin Hobb is my favorite author and this is my favorite book from The Realm of the Elderlings series. Fitz, the main character of 3 of Hobb's series, will infuriate you, but you will love him anyway. And there is no plot armor for any characters in Robin Hobb's books.