The Ten Most Influential Books Meme

I'm coming in so late on this meme that I don't even remember on whose journal I first saw it. It was a fascinating exercise though, sorting through a lifetime of reading and trying to nail down the books that are most important to me. Which is why it took me so long to come up with a list. That, and the irritating spring cold that laid me out flat for the last week.


( The top ten, in the approximate order I read them in... )