The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky was once my absolute greatest book ever, and though I've reflected since reading it six months ago, it remains one of the profoundest novels exploring faith, doubt, good and evil, God, and life's meaning through a 19th-century Russian murder mystery of patriarch Fyodor Pavlovich, suspecting his sons Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha. I was blown away by chapters like Ivan's encounter with the devil, which I read multiple times for its gritty power, and especially 'The Grand Inquisitor,' an epic poem that changed my life and who I am as a person. Great thinkers like Einstein, Nietzsche, and Freud called it their favorite, blending mystery with philosophy seamlessly. I recommend it because if you let Dostoevsky's characters and themes sink in, it will transform you, posing existential questions you might never have considered—it's a must-read despite my slight preference for other stories now.