Two. We're already at number two! That's a really, really, really low number countdown-wise. (In case you guys hadn't figured that out yet.)

1....TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Will this book ever have an equal? I don't think so. At least not for me. It's one of the rare books that I read as a teenager that, when I re-read it now, I love it even more. It speaks to you in very different ways at different points of your life. It is a classic for a reason.

2...PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. I have to admit that I discovered this one relatively late in life. I read it for the first time after the BBC miniseries brought it back into the limelight. And oh am I glad it did. There's just something so utterly perfect about every character in that book. The squealing Mrs. Bennett, Mr. Bingley's snobby sister, the mumbling, pretentious Mr. Collins... Even though those characters were set a few hundred years ago in a completely different country I still felt like I know them. Oh heck, I DO know them--or people just like them--and that's why P&P; will always be at the top of my list.

So what about you guys? What are your favorite books ever?

-Ally