It depends on the book, but I prefer third person.
What really drives
me up the wall, however, is present tense. I understand authors think it gives the story a feeling of immediacy, that the reader will feel the story is happening
right now, but it's such an uncommon method of storytelling in English (I've been told it's the norm in other languages) that I find it incredibly distracting.
Combine first person with present tense and you have a book that is completely unreadable for me; e.g.
The Hunger Games.
edit: No offense intended to those who liked
The Hunger Games.
