re: Name Your Top 10 Most Influential Books

1) The Outsiders - read it as a kid for school and has tremendous nostalgic value for me.

2) Harry Potter - the series that truly got me into one of my favorite genres, fantasy.

3) Redwall series - almost equally important in getting me into fantasy books, a book that really sparked my imagination

4) The Castle in the Attic - similar to Redwall, kept my imagination running wild.

5) ASOIAF - this is fantasy writing at its best and is truly epic. I am dying for another book.

6) Ender's Game - such creativity, prolonged my nerdiness and guaranteed I would like dorky books forever.

7) LOTR - self explanatory

8) For Whom the Bell Tolls - sparked my interest in history and historical fiction as well