Heraclix & Pomp's Top 20

These are the 20 books that most influenced my novel, Heraclix & Pomp (forthcoming from Resurrection House in 2014). Which of these are your favorites? Are there other, related books that you love? Put them on the list, too!

Note: Burnham's Celestial Handbook is a 3-book series, but I consider it one book.

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1	The Golem by Gustav Meyrink 3.86 avg rating — 6,769 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe 3.80 avg rating — 62,218 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Magic Prague by Angelo Maria Ripellino 4.12 avg rating — 244 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Searching for Memory: The Brain, the Mind, and the Past by Daniel L. Schacter really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 388 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Marquis, Volume 1: Inferno by Guy Davis 3.97 avg rating — 304 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Europe in the Eighteenth Century, 1713-1783 by M.S. Anderson 3.58 avg rating — 36 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Monster Manual by E. Gary Gygax 4.25 avg rating — 2,504 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 3.84 avg rating — 1,356,224 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Dueling by Kevin McAleer 3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions by Richard A. Cohen 3.88 avg rating — 693 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Lamentations of the Flame Princess by James Edward Raggi IV 4.10 avg rating — 96 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Die Leiden des jungen Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 3.68 avg rating — 106,375 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1) by Ivo Andrić 4.34 avg rating — 17,655 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Gustave Moreau: Between Epic and Dream by Geneviève Lacambre (Contributor) 4.26 avg rating — 38 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Islamic Art by Barbara Brend 3.57 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka 4.34 avg rating — 24,930 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso by Dante Alighieri 4.06 avg rating — 136,425 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	A Traveler's Companion: A Collection from Harpers Magazine by Harpers Magazine 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Numbers in the Dark and Other Stories by Italo Calvino 3.95 avg rating — 2,542 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System, Volume 1: Andromeda Through Cetus by Robert Burnham Jr. 4.45 avg rating — 177 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System, Volume 2: Chamaeleon Through Orion by Robert Burnham Jr. 4.41 avg rating — 118 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System, Volume 3: Pavo Through Vulpecula by Robert Burnham Jr. 4.42 avg rating — 113 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars