Ten fantastic books

[clevermanka]

List 10 books that have stayed with you in some way. Don't take more than a few minutes and do not think too hard. They do not have to be the "right" books or great works of literature, just ones that have affected you in some way.

I'm putting off the things I want to do (that's how stupidly low my energy levels are--I'm having problems getting motivated to make some art for godssake), so here are my ten books.

Little, Big, John Crowley
Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins
Beloved Folktales of the Word, Joanna Cole (and every other fairytale collection I ever read)
Watership Down, Richard Adams
The Perilous Gard, Elizabeth Marie Pope
Only Begotten Daughter, James Morrow
Bone Dance, Emma Bull
Imajica, Clive Barker
This Rough Magic, Mary Stewart
Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling

Hm. As I look at this list, there is a definite theme. With the exception of one, they're all fantastical stories. And an argument for fantastical elements could certainly be made for the one outlier.

I did the same meme, only for fanfic, on Tumblr. My list for those is here.