I need some great book suggestions. Would you mind telling me your favorite and why?

I need some great book suggestions. Would you mind telling me your favorite and why?
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I hope @Jeruba answers. She is a library. I really liked The Wishing Game by Patrick Redmond. I think it was a very well written, solid full bodied book, the story was interesting and a bit eerie.
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