There are many ways to slant a top ten list, but this is my straight up Top Ten Books list (arranged alphabetically by author):
1. Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto
2. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
3. The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
4. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
5. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
6. On Writing by Stephen King
7. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
8. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
9. Mila 18 by Leon Uris
10. Trinity by Leon Uris
While no individual title by C.S. Lewis has cracked the list (I have yet to acquire Allegory of Love, so it may still happen), his collected works are certainly among my favorites.
