I included narratives only and excluded Japanese texts. This list shows less my taste as a whole than a history of reading from childhood to this date. These are the books and authors that occupy peculiar places, invinting me to try different directions. There are many other books that are at such intersections and these are not the most important ones either. But in any case they were what poped up instantaneously. Though there are a few people whose lists I love to see, I stop this chain here.
Instructions: Don't take more than a few minutes and do not think too hard, it doesn’t have to be 10 either. They do not have to be the "right" books or great works of literature, just ones that have affected you in some way. Tag some friends including me so I can see your list.
Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
Verne. The Mysterious Island.
Le Guin. Earthsea.
Dickens. Great Expectations.
Gide. The Immoralist and other stories.
Faulkner. Light in August.
Borges. Stories.
P. K. Dick. Novels.
Zola. Le docteur Pascal.
Nietzsche. Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
