A friend of mine in high school recommended "Mr. Rosewater", and after I read it, I was hooked. While I was in the Navy (1969-73), I noticed a lot of people reading his books, and for years after, too. Even people who normally wouldn't read a book if it wasn't assiged in school willing read Vonnegut. I believe he did for adult literature what the Harry Potter books did for kids. I'm trying to think of any other fiction writers whose books I've read over and over, and I can only think of Mr. Vonnegut. Sometimes I'd find myself reading the same passages over and over, just because they were so well written. I don't understand how anyone can have a favorite Vonnegut book. Each one was great in its own way.