Fiction Books

I can't get enough of these in the literal sense that I barely find them:

-Children and YA books in which parents and adults stop being just an annoyance and start helping the protagonists (without replacing them even though they are more experienced). E.g. Elatsoe

-Convincing others to help not through violence (in the more general sense) but through compassion. E.g. the way everyone helps Grogu in the Mandalorian or Piccard in Star Trek: Piccard.

-The feeling of hope in the world, that you don't need to do everything yourself because there are other good actors in the world. E.g. Animorphs and The Lord of the Rings.

The grumpy and sunshine duo makes my day every time!

I am convinced that there's not a book written that can't be improved by the addition of a Sassy Robot Sidekick.

Remote island (or any isolated places) murder mysteries.

Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None is my #1 most reread book, haha.

I like time travel, if that's a trope. I'm always looking for a new take on it as many different stories using it have already been told.

Anything where the protagonist gets to build a new world in a virtual environment, or significantly modify themselves by using virtual environments. Examples: "Fall, or Dodge in Hell - By Neal Stephenson" and "Accelerando - by Charles Stross"

[off topic?]

There are a few series that I can read over and over. Nero Wolfe by Rex Stout. Travis McGee by John D. MacDonald, and Easy Rawlins by Walter Mosley spring to mind.

Mosley's books are outliers, because Easy changes with time. McGee and Wolfe remain perfect examples of the sort of life most of us dream about.