Over at her journal rhubarb has posted a meme listing fifteen important books. People seem to be taking this to mean books that were important to them, and that's my interpretation. Tomorrow half the books that come to mind would no doubt be different, but these are all books that shaped the way I think and what I read and influenced my life in various ways.

The Wind in the Willows -- Kenneth Grahame

The various animal books by Thornton W. Burgess

Tom Swift Jr series -- Victor Appleton

Adventures in Time and Space -- editors Healy and McComas

The Jungle - Upton Sinclair

The History of Philosophy - Will Durant

Sherlock Holmes stories -- Arthur Conan Doyle

Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien

The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester

One Man's Meat (and other essay collections) E.B. White

Jealousy - Alain Robbe-Grillet

Travis McGee series John D McDonald

Maigret series by Georges Simenon

All Our Yesterdays (history of sf fandom) Harry Warner

Armchair Orienteering -- Winnie Stott

And no I am too reticent to tag people, but feel free to make a list if you so desire.

Wow. I already remembered a very important book I forgot -- Dick and Jane!!