Books that have stayed with me

A friend challenged me on social media to list 10 books that have stayed with me. You're not supposed to think too much, but that's just so hard to do because so many books stay with you. Here's my list:
David Copperfield--Charles Dickens
Persuasion--Jane Austen
Wives and Daughters--Elizabeth Gaskell
Parable of the Sower--Octavia Butler
The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr--ETA Hoffman
Don Quixote--Miguel de Cervantes (translated by Edith Grossman--don't see it listed here)
A Prayer for Owen Meany--John Irving
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Atonement--Ian McEwan
Karoo-Steve Tesich

Honorable mentions:
The War of the Worlds--HG Wells
True History of the Kelly Gang--Peter Carey
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman--Angela Carter
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit--Jeannette Winterson
The Counterfeiters--Andre Gide
The Stranger--Albert Camus
Jealousy--Alain Robbe-Grillet
Stranger in a Strange Land--Robert A. Heinlen
Dune--Frank Herbert
Blindness--Jose Saramago
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Harrison Bae Wein

Harrison Bae Wein
Harrison Bae Wein is author of the novel "The Life and Opinions of the Housecat Hastings." Or the human front for Hastings, depending on whom you believe. You can visit his website at http://harrisonw ...more
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