I feel like my favorite book fluctuates depending on the day or mood I’m in or the time of year. Like currently, I am rather fond of Ender’s Game and The Pact (Picoult). It may be simply because I have read them most recently, but these two books both have great concepts in them and are thought provoking. One of my absolute favorite parts of Ender’s Game is when he realizes that in order to defeat your enemy, you have to truly understand them. And in that moment you truly understand them, you also love them but by that point, they are defeated. I find this to be perfectly true. If you truly take the time to understand exactly why your enemy act the way they do, you understand their psychology and connect on an emotional level. That is when you love them as Ender says. When I find thoughts like this hidden within the literature, things that not everyone will remember, I carry it with me. I bet in 10 years, if you mention Ender’s Game that realization about the human culture that Ender made, no one will remember. They will think of the games and the Bugger War that he won, but not of the deep wound he made when he obliterated the ones he loved/ his enemies.
The Pact is a very clever book about the trial of a young boy accused of killing his girlfriend, but claims it was a suicide pact gone wrong. There is so much emotion and psychology in this book, and I think that is why I relate. Slowly, the reader becomes aware of the state of mind of the young girl that was killed and understand why she had to kill herself. It shows us the strength that no one else saw in her and the reality of the world, and what some people have to face. I am finding I am not the biggest fan of the generic fantasy book where things are all magical and it’s an excuse for the author to take shortcuts.
John Green is also one of my favorite authors right now. I have read all of his books and enjoyed them all. The Fault in Our Stars, or TFIOS, is one of his most famous books. I loved it. I don’t even know how to explain why I loved it, but I feel like it was the realizations made by the characters about life. Such like “some infinities are bigger than other infinities”. I also enjoy his very real characters.
Lastly, but certainly not least, Harry Potter. I think I have reread that entire series more than I have ever read one single book. That’s 7 books some well over 800 pages read. Over. And ver. And over again. It is my comfort books and I feel like that deserves an honorable mention at least. The stories are what I grew up with and every time I read them, I find more complexities that JK Rowling weaved into the story. My admiration for that woman grows every time I reread them. The characters are all so well thought out, even if they are a minor character. My favorite character has to be Snape. There are so many intricacies to his story and just now, over a decade after it has come out, people are starting to pay him more attention. I truly understand his psychology, and it’s so conflicted just like as if he were real. Even with the explanations, people argue for both sides, because which side he was truly loyal to was shrouded in mystery. People are able to guess and decide for themselves.
I think overall, the books that entice me are the ones that have interesting concepts or thoughts that I haven't heard of before. The concepts that think outside of the box are the ones that interest me. Books always are changing. And I am positive my favorites will change in the future, but these are the ones that I will remember in the years to come. 
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