enigmatic puzzle - I shouldn't have asked him

My roommate (rm) always looks busy in front of his laptop, so I try to start talking to him

Me : "Hey, You always look busy, so how do you entertain yourself? Do you have a favorite book, movie, or music?"

Rm : "Yes I do"

Me : "Wow, cool, then, what is it?"

(He keeps typing for a while..)

Rm : "This"

\setcounter{page}{0}
You\hspace{0.2cm}will\hspace{0.2cm}not\hspace{0.2cm}find\hspace{0.2cm}any\hspace{0.2cm}secret\hspace{0.2cm}ingredients\hspace{0.2cm}here\newpage
\setcounter{page}{1}
\foreach\s in{1,2,...,5}{\newpage\mbox{}}\newpage
\setcounter{page}{1}
\foreach\s in{1,2,...,114}{\newpage\mbox{}}\newpage

\setcounter{page}{1}
\foreach\s in{1,2,...,430}{\newpage\mbox{}}\newpage

Me : "What.. is that?"

UPDATE

I know my roommate is showing me the code not just to show off but beacuse he is answering my question

Hint 1

Me : "Of course this is LaTeX! My computer don't have LaTeX compiler, but I can compile it online using Sharelatex.. just put it in the right place.. then use a necessary package.. and voila!! Gosh.. Why don't you just give me this *.pdf file in the first place?!"

Rm : "Great question!"

Me : "Wh..What?!"

Hint 2

Me : "Hey, can you give me a hint for "5, 114, 430" part?"

Rm : "What are those numbers?"

Me : "What? these numbers are in your Latex code, you look like separate the pdf into three section with 5, 114, and 430 pages respectively"

Rm: "Oh, I see, no those are not my intended number, you see it wrong. And also the pdf is not separated, it is continous"

Hint 3

Me: I'm still curious with these numbers. If you just want to show me these numbers why don't you just put it on a single page instead of creating a large number of pages?

Rm: You are wrong again, it is more than just numbers. Blank pages with a number on each page, does it remind you with a certain type of book?

Hint 4

Rm: You know, I think you can find the answer by making a list of keywords. Some user here already mention it, I'll help you:
the sentence : ____
the code : _____
the latex : ____
the book : _______
the number: ____
Because my favorite is a popular one, I think you can find it just by remembering

Hint 5

Me: I didn't get it, in the last hint you said I can get keyword from "the latex" and "the code", what's the difference?

Rm: Because it will give you different clue, the keyword from "The Latex" will tell you there are two editions of my favorite and I choose only one of them. the keyword from "The code" part will tell you the theme of my favorite.

Me: The theme,.. so it must be about IT guys or Math isn't?

Rm: What, no.. see the Hint 1, I give you the source code is on purpose, you will lose it if you just looking the pdf file. Actually someone in here already mention it, scroll it once again

Hint 6

Rm: About the numbers.. It isn't three different sequences, it should be one sequence but it restarts twice at some point. Why? LinuxBlanket has a good view. You'll find two numbers from those hundreds at the beginning and the ending of my favorite.

_{*If there are grammar errors, please tell me to fix it, the puzzle will not be affected with the grammar}

Answer

One more attempt. Now I think that his favorite

book is "Martian"

Explanation. Now we know for sure almost all the keywords (confirmed by the author of the question)

the code (5): space (since there were hspace instead of a normal space); the latex (4): book; the book (7): journal; the number (4): date.

We also know that the only missing keyword - the sentence keyword is

related to cooking

We also know that his favorite is very popular and there are two versions of his favorite; we have to choose one of them according to the latex keyword. And now (almost) everything suddenly fits.

Indeed Martian is a very popular bestseller about space; it exists also as a movie; the protagonist has to cook and to grow plants to survive.

The only missing detail is the connection between numbers 5, 114, 430 and his favorite.

Edit by nickgard, to explain the numbers (contains spoilers for the real world thing that is the answer):

The page numbering resets at what would be 6, at what would be 120, and ends on what would be 549.

Sol 6 is Mark Watney's first journal entry after being left on Mars.

Sol 120 is his first journal entry having made it to the rover after the hab disaster.
It's Sol 549 on Mars at the time of his last journal entry when back aboard the Hermes.