I'm an English Major and am trying to figure a few things out. So if you could answer a few questions, that would be nice:

What is your favorite genre and why?
What is your favorite book and why?
What is your least favorite genre and why?
What is your least favorite book and why?
Who is your favorite author and why?
Who is your least favorite author and why?
What are you more likely to read: a novel, a magazine, a comic book, a newspaper or something else?

Thank you for your time.

Age 21

Favourite Genre:
I like all genres. I have some I stick to more, like old sci-fi or fantasy, but I enjoy well-placed spiritual themes over anything else. I don't judge a book by its genre. I pride characterization over anything else. I recently picked up a book called The Meaning of Night. It has incredible characterization. It's general fiction, well out of my normal range of reading. I favor English authors over American, and old-style writing over contemporary. Prose, poetry, it's all art.

Favourite Book:
The Dreamer in Discord by Craig Mills. I found it in a used bookstore. The title just drew me in, intrigued me beyond reason. The author had talent and a good story to back it up. It's an old book by an obscure author. From the very first page it leaps at you with questions and great description, danger and serious plot development. The ending was as good as every single page. It is well worth looking for. After all, Amazon only sells it for two cents.

Least Favourite Genre:
I'm not a fan of biographies or auto-biographies. They're dull. That's all there is to it. I enjoyed the beginning of Dreamer of Dune, a biography of Frank Herbert...before I got bored...

Least Favourite Book:
Wizard's First Rule and following books by Terry Goodkind. Sexism, stereotypes, cliches and predictable plot points insult me, not intrigue me.

Favourite Author:
Robert Holdstock. He has an incredible way of mixing myth, religion, spirituality, suspense, fantasy, realism and science all into one book with incredible chaotic plots that all tie into each other through eight books (that can be read in any order no less!).

Least Favourite Author:
Charles De'Lint. What a horrible author. That's all I can say. Horrible author.

Novel, of course! Novel over anything else. Comics/manga second.

Age: 20

What is your favorite genre and why?
Sci-fi's been my favorite for about as long as I've been reading, probably because I enjoy speculation about possible futures. I also like nonfiction, particularly books about the media, epidemiology, and graphic design.

What is your favorite book and why?
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson might be my favorite right now--it's a pretty great take on the Internet's influence on culture, the commodification of personal expression, etc.

What is your least favorite genre and why?
There aren't really any genres I actively dislike--I don't think mysteries or romance novels are particularly interesting, but I don't hate them.

What is your least favorite book and why?
Tea from an Empty Cup by Pat Cadigan. After making it about 50 pages in I just couldn't take her writing any more--I think that's the first book that I was too annoyed by to finish.

Who is your favorite author and why?
William Gibson. His earlier stuff is a little bit cheesy but still worth reading, and his work gets progressively better. Neil Gaiman is a close second--I love the way he blends mythology and the present day and he's a pretty great storyteller, in my opinion.

Who is your least favorite author and why?
Dunno.

What are you more likely to read: a novel, a magazine, a comic book, a newspaper or something else?
Novel, magazine, comic book, newspaper.

Age: 24

What is your favorite genre and why? I like reading biographies and real life accounts. Though I also enjoy the occasional novel. If they have mystery then that's always a plus.

What is your favorite book and why? I have a couple of favorites. I don't think I can pick just one. First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung, Mayada, Daughter of Iraq: One Woman's Survival Under Saddam Hussein by Jean Sasson, A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide by Samantha Power. My favorite childhood book is The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein.

What is your least favorite genre and why? Not sure that I can say. Although I don't think I could read some pornographic novel.

What is your least favorite book and why? I can't think of any...

Who is your favorite author and why? Well, there isn't a particular author that I follow. There are some authors who I'd like to see what else they have to offer, but I don't have a single favorite.

Who is your least favorite author and why? Again, I can't think of one.

What are you more likely to read: a novel, a magazine, a comic book, a newspaper or something else? I'm most likely to read a novel. I don't really read the newspaper and there comes a point when magazines bore me. But I can read a book over and over again if I love it and never get tired of it.

Age: 21

What is your favorite genre and why?: Probably horror; I read more of it than anything else. But I'm open to most genres and willing to give most anything a try at the recommendation of friends with good taste.

What is your favorite book and why?: I really don't know anymore.

What is your least favorite genre and why?: Hard to say. Any genre can be done right, and any genre can be botched.

What is your least favorite book and why?: Again, I can't limit myself.

Who is your favorite author and why?: Anyone who has good stories to tell and who can make them come alive gets my seal of approval. Stephen King is a personal favorite and a master at this (Ray Bradbury and Jack Ketchum are other favorites in the horror genre, if Ray Bradbury can be called a horror writer). As for the more traditional "literary" writers (i.e., the ones society has deemed worthy enough for your English classes), favorites include Kurt Vonnegut, Joyce Carol Oates, Barbara Kingsolver, and Flannery O'Connor. I picked all for different reasons, but probably more importantly, I picked all for the reason listed above.

Who is your least favorite author and why?: I really don't know. I feel like I'd need to read a decent sampling of a writer's work before I completely wrote them off, and if a book is really that bad, I never pick up another by the same author.

What are you more likely to read: a novel, a magazine, a comic book, a newspaper or something else?: A novel, definitely.

age:19

What is your favorite genre and why?: I like cheap drama mostly, stuff with uncomplicated storylines that are amusing. I guess because I do a lot of thinking for school and so I like your basic girly drama in my entertainment. I also like fantasy because it's imaginative and fun.

What is your favorite book and why?:

What is your least favorite genre and why?: I will willingly read anything.

What is your least favorite book and why?: same answer as author. Old man of the sea and books similar. I like fast and interseting plots.

Who is your favorite author and why?: don't have one

Who is your least favorite author and why?: I think hemmingway is awful. Most classic stories with a lot of hidden meaning and no plot.

What are you more likely to read: a novel, a magazine, a comic book, a newspaper or something else? probably cosmo magazine honestly. I wish it was a novel... that'd be my second choice.

Ikki can't edit, but she also asks that you list your age.

What is your favorite genre and why? Either historical fiction (because I like history, and I can learn more about historical lifestyles that way) or realistic fiction (because it sometimes makes me think about things that could actually happen, and what I'd do in that situation)
What is your favorite book and why? All the Harry Potter books, 'cause they're incredibly awesome.
What is your least favorite genre and why? Hmm.. probably non-fiction that's really pointless, stuff I'll never use, like books about microbacteria and what-not.
What is your least favorite book and why? I don't think I have a least favorite. The book Pretty Little Devils really sucked though. And I didn't really enjoy A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Who is your favorite author and why? JK ROWLING! 'Cause she wrote Harry Potter. I also like Margaret Peterson Haddix. Her books are really good.
Who is your least favorite author and why? Charles Dickens, 'cause I read a book by him and it wasn't really engaging.
What are you more likely to read: a novel, a magazine, a comic book, a newspaper or something else? A novel.
Age? Fifteen.