Tough call - if it's just the one book, for like years, or the rest of my life, then probably the complete works of Shakespeare -because it has everything. Want a sci-fi/fantasy type read? The Tempest- want a troubled and sexy anti-hero? Hamlet. Want a dark and twisted tale of murder? Macbeth. A dark romance? Romeo and Juliet or Othello. A romantic comedy? well, there's a bunch of those. Fancy something with a whiff of Game of Thrones? the Richards and the Henrys. Want a broken family saga? well there's always King Lear.
Whatever story type you want, there's something in Shakespeare to scratch that itch.
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