10 books I just can’t shake

You’ve probably seen this wee survey/meme/NSA-data-collecting ploy floating around on your Facebook timeline recently:

[List] 10 books that have stayed with you in some way. Don’t take more than a few minutes and don’t think too hard-they don’t have to be the “right” or the “great” works, just ones that have touched you.

A shitload of people tagged me to participate, and while I don’t usually bend to that sort of peer pressure, I was genuinely curious about my own answers. You win this time, in...