Novel or author or both (if they are different, ie your favorite novel is not written by your favorite author).
And then why? What is it about the story/writing that compels you to call it your favorite?
This is part curiosity for its own sake, and how I will figure out what to read next.
I am interested in going into medicine, and I understand that in most places you take the pre-med courses and then go to med school (if you get in).
However some school like Northwestern and Brown have 'schools' that essentially mesh the two parts of the process together.
What is that called...