This can be a quick one. Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you've read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.

I got tagged on Facebook for a list of 15 unforgettable reads. I started to post there, but there wasn't space for my useless comments--so here they are in all their glory. (Not in any order.)

• Dune—Frank Herbert (This was my bible in high school)
• Love in the Time of Cholera —Gabriel Garcia Marquez (ah, Fermina Daza)
• A Princess of Mars—Edgar Rice Burroughs ( I await the movie with dread and hope equally)
• Loop’s Progress—Chuck Rosenthal (The funniest book I have ever read—aside from its sequel)
• The Habit of Being—Flannery O’Connor (ed. Sally Fitzgerald) (Would you like to know how a great writer thinks?—here you go.)
• The Hobbit-JRR Tolkien
• Watchmen—Alan Moore and some other guys ("Why would I be interested in finding Raw Shark?")
• Robert Christgau’s Record Guide(1983 Editon)—Rober Christgau (Trivia quiz: Who got this four word review “Speak for yourself, Ferdinand”)
• Life of Greece—Will Durant (I read the first seven books in this series, but read the second one first. Suddenly I loved history.)
• Cat’s Cradle—Kurt Vonnegut [Ice, Ice (nine) baby]
• The Outsiders—SE Hinton (Stay Golden, Ponyboy)
• Cold Mountain—Charles Frazier (More than any other, this book made me understand the beauty of restraint in language)
• Blink—Malcolm Gladwell (In the end, his real gift is telling you how smart people think. I read Blink before I read tipping point.)
• Bread Alone--Daniel Leaderer (I learned how to bake bread and how to use a kitchen)
• Green Eggs and Ham—Dr. Seuss (Its exploration of nihilism and despair scarred me forever.)
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