I have a lot of favorite books. As a child, I would carry stacks of 5 or more novels and snuggle up on my favorite chair in the living room and proceed to spend the rest of my day there. I have always loved fantasy novels and fell in love with utopian worlds, dystopian governments, and basically any book over 500 pages. Reaching the end of a novel was always the worst feeling because I loved submerging myself into a new world and learning how that world worked.
Off the top of my head, my immediate answer would be Harry Potter. It's a child friendly, well developed world that I have always been in love with since I opened the first book in second grade. However, it's almost a crime for me to only choose one series...
The Inheritance Series by Christopher Paolini is my second favorite since childhood. I remember my sister tossing me a pretty sapphire book into my lap and me looking down and becoming instantly intrigued with the dragon staring back up at me. It was also well over 500 pages. I think that the reason I hate ending books is because the characters and story becomes so real to me (no matter how fantastical the material) that finishing a series is like they died. There's no more story to them and the hours invested in delving into that world is over. There's no more Alagaesia or Hogwarts to explore, no more adventures, and the relationships in the novel are over.
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