My Top 100 Favorite Books of All-Time

Here are the 100 Books that have deeply affected me the most...those which I will always remember for as long as I live... the author is listed first, followed by book title. In the case of books that are actually graphic novels, American creations will simply be called graphic novels, while Japanese creations are referred to as Manga.

100. Plato- The Republic
99. Ira Levin- Rosemary's Baby
98. Harper Lee- To Kill A Mockingbird
97. Anne Frank- The Diary Of Anne Frank
96. L.J. Smith- The Vampire Diaries
95. Karen Marie Moning- Darkfever
94. Edgar Allan Poe- The Cask Of Amontillado
93. Stephen King- The Green Mile
92. Charles Dickens- David Copperfield
91. Shizuru Hayashiya- Onegai Teacher (Manga)
90. Margaret Mitchell- Gone With The Wind
89. Stephenie Meyer- Twilight
88. Jules Verne- 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
87. Agatha Christie- Appointment With Death
86. Edgar Allan Poe- The Pit And The Pendulum
85. J.R.R. Tolkien- The Lord Of The Rings
84. Ayn Rand- Anthem
83. Stephen King- Different Seasons
82. David Lehman & Charles Simic- Best American Poetry 1992
81. David Lehman & Rita Dove- Best American Poetry 2000
80. Kurt Vonnegut- Cat's Cradle
79. Douglas Adams- Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy
78. Aleksei Mitrofanov- T.A.T.U. Come Back
77. Charles Dickens- A Tale Of Two Cities
76. Sally Bedell Smith- Diana In Search Of Herself: A Troubled Princess
75. John Grisham- The Pelican Brief
74. Edgar Allan Poe- Fall Of The House Of Usher
73. Ellen Hopkins- Burned
72. Alexandre Dumas- The Three Musketeers
71. Arthur Miller- The Crucible
70. David Lehman & Jorie Graham- Best American Poetry 1990
69. Stephen King- Christine
68. Haruki Murakami- Hard Boiled Wonderland And The End Of The World
67. Karen Marie Moning- Bloodfever
66. Dan Brown- The Da Vinci Code
65. Craig Thompson- Blankets (graphic novel)
64. Art Spiegelman- Maus (graphic novel)
63. Ken Akamatsu- Love Hina (manga)
62. Homer- The Odyssey
61. Ellen Hopkins- Impulse
60. Joyce Carol Oates- Foxfire
59. Stephen King- Gerald's Game
58. David Lehman & James Tate- Best American Poetry 1997
57. Haruki Murakami- After Dark
56. Yoshio Sawai- BoBoBo Bo-BoBoBo (manga)
55. Bernhard Schlink- The Reader
54. Dante Aligheri- Inferno
53. Karen Marie Moning- Faefever
52. Suzanne Collins- Catching Fire
51. Agatha Christie- Sad Cypress
50. Stephen King- Misery
49. Vladimir Nabokov- Lolita
48. Kurt Vonnegut- Breakfast Of Champions
47. Margaret Atwood- The Handmaid's Tale
46. Stephen King- The Shining
45. Harvey Pekar- American Splendor (graphic novel)
44. Deborah Layton- Seductive Poison
43. Anne Rice- Queen Of The Damned
42. Tsugumi Ohba- Death Note (manga)
41. Agatha Christie- And Then There Were None
40. Ali Smith- The Accidental
39. Ray Bradbury- Fahrenheit 451
38. Rebecca Brown- Annie Oakley's Girl
37. Kurt Vonnegut- Slaughterhouse Five
36. David Lehman & Charles Wright- Best American Poetry 2008
35. David Lehman & David Wagoner- Best American Poetry 2009
34. David Lehman & Louise Gluck- Best American Poetry 1993
33. David Lehman & A.R. Ammons- Best American Poetry 1994
32. Tom Perrotta- Election
31. Alan Moore- V For Vendetta (graphic novel)
30. Vincent Bugliosi- Helter Skelter
29. Jess Bravin- Squeaky: The Life And Times Of Lynette Fromme
28. Suzanne Collins- The Hunger Games
27. William Shakespeare- Romeo And Juliet
26. Jenny Downham- Before I Die
25. Stephenie Meyer- Host
24. Gabriel Garcia Marquez- Memories Of My Melancholy Whores
23. Edgar Allan Poe- Ligeia
22. Ellen Hopkins- Glass
21. Masashi Kishimoto- Naruto (manga)
20. Stephen King- The Stand
19. Stephen King- Carrie
18. Allen Ginsberg- Collected Poems 1947-1980
17. Kurt Vonnegut- Jailbird
16. Ellen Hopkins- Crank
15. Marge Piercy- Selected Poems
14. Sylvia Plath- Plath: Poems
13. Stephen King (as Richard Bachman)- Rage
12. Kurt Vonnegut- Galapagos
11. Kurt Vonnegut- Timequake
10. Neil Gaiman- American Gods
9. Daniel Handler- Adverbs
8. Joyce Carol Oates- My Sister, My Love
7. Haruki Murakami- Kafka On The Shore
6. George Orwell- 1984
5. Ellen Hopkins- Identical
4. Jay Asher- Thirteen Reasons Why
3. Adam Rapp- Year Of Endless Sorrows
2. Gabriel Garcia Marquez- One Hundred Years Of Solitude
1. Haruki Murakami- Wind Up Bird Chronicle

...So there you have it! What an odd group of writers in my top ten, eh? Anyway, if you haven't read these books near the top of the list, please do so immediately! I promise, they will change the way you view the world around you.