The Lord of the Rings. My father read it to me as a child. His dad also read it to him as a child. It's one of my most fond memories as a child. We started The Two Towers when there was a thunderstorm and our power went out. Me and my sister were in sleeping bags on the living room floor and my dad had a little lantern shaped flashlight. My father is Greek, a first generation American, and his accent is pretty thick. He read it to us in English because we didn't know any Greek at all.

The magic of Tolkien's world and fond memories of my father like this make me want to make it a family tradition. I'd love to read with my child and share a world that me and my father shared.