1. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
2. Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
3. Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
4. The Long Ships by Frans G. Bengtsson
5. The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren
6. Ondskan by Jan Guillou
7. Grunts! by Mary Gentle
8. The Meq by Steve Cash
9. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
10. The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
Huh. Only two women on the list. How odd. It might have been different if series was allowed, of course.
But as such lists go, it is prone to change, had you caught me 12 years ago, magician and lord of chaos would probably be on the list, now I regard them with a healthy dose of scepticism.
Honestly, had I just seen more of my bookshelves from here, you might have got other answers.
2. Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
3. Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
4. The Long Ships by Frans G. Bengtsson
5. The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren
6. Ondskan by Jan Guillou
7. Grunts! by Mary Gentle
8. The Meq by Steve Cash
9. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
10. The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
Huh. Only two women on the list. How odd. It might have been different if series was allowed, of course.
But as such lists go, it is prone to change, had you caught me 12 years ago, magician and lord of chaos would probably be on the list, now I regard them with a healthy dose of scepticism.
Honestly, had I just seen more of my bookshelves from here, you might have got other answers.

If the series was ever published in one edition, I could consider that to be one book. So, for example, I'd call Gormerghast or Ash or Black Jewels or Chronicles of Amber or The Deed of Paksenarrion one book for the purposes of this list.
If you're just naming books you can see on your bookshelf, then you haven't given it enough thought. Aren't there books that just sink hooks into your soul?
Nah, not just naming books I see in my bookshelf, but about 3 of them likely wouldn't fit if I could just remember a few more books

But the problem is that while I like a series a lot, no individual book in the series has hooked me that much. So whatever.
I was actually deciding between Ash and Grunts, but Ash is so serious, I love grunts more due to the silly attitude.
"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world" - Calvin.
Top 10 favorite books ever.
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It was actually easier to list my top ten favorite books of all time than I thought it would be.
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The Rum Diary was disappointing. The Curse of Lono was much better.
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This was hard to do
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1-6 was easy....7-10 not so much
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Whoa.
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I didn't really expect to see it on anyone else's list...
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My real list.
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Crossroads? Really?
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This is quite difficult.
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It is very impressive.
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I'll try.
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you can list individual books from series
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Nah...
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This is difficult.
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Red Mars
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Off the top of my head, I'd say these:
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I thought I would see a little more Malazan, more SoIaF......... *NM*
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Wow, Red Mars?
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I can't do 10 so I will do 15...that's right, deal with it.
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It's going to be hard for me
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