Not my absolute favorite, but definitely in my top 10!
The other books of John Green are pretty good too. Although I find he always seems to use the same base: smart/genius and socially awkward lead character that struggles with coming of age.
The Fault in our stars was the only book where he didn't use that base.
Looking for Alaska is his best book imo.
Until a few months ago I thought Harry Potter would be my number 1 book/series for ever, but I was wrong!
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.
Seriously guys, read it.
A lot of you on this forum will really like it.
The story is set in 2044 where human civilization is crumbling in which people are either dirt poor or filthy rich .
The poor people live together in huge trailer parks where the trailers are stacked and bolted together into some sort of Frankenstein apartment buildings.
Living there is rough and there's constant thread to get robbed or the apartments collapsing.
To get away from their miserable situation, people spent most of their time in the OASIS, a free to use Massive Multiplayer Online Virtual Reality Simulation.
After the death of the creator of the Oasis, a video is released where he states that anyone who can find the Easter Egg inside the Oasis, inherits his fortune and ownership of the Oasis. The Easter Egg is hidden behind 3 gates that can be unlocked by 3 hidden keys.
And so started the race for the Easter Egg. The first years almost everyone searches for the Egg, but after a few years there are only a few people left who have dedicated their lives to the search and are called 'Egg Hunters' or 'gunters'.
And then one day, after years, someone finds the first key. And the race for the fortune really begins.
This book is full of gaming and '80s references. I like to think I know a lot about gaming, but even I had to look up quite a few thing
Seriously this book is brilliant and you won't be able to put it down.