To Kill a Mockingbird is the ONLY book I have read in my lifetime more than two times (and I mean for pleasure. Manuals, rule books, reference books, etc. don't count.) I believe it is such a perfect piece of writing. I KNOW what is going to happen, but I can never seem to put it down none the same. Great story, beautifully told, with powerful characters. Anyone should want to be more like Atticus Finch.