No single favourite, although Paulo Coelho's 'The Alchemist' is right up there, along with Terry Pratchett's Disc world series, and Laurens Van Der Post's, Barry Crump's, and a few others' books....
Yup. Can't recommend it. (A childhood friend's father was born on the Faroe Islands, and he brought home some dried whale - after a summer holiday - for all uf us kids to taste...yuck!)