Pokey Little Puppy (Janette Sebring Lowrey) - one of my first reading experiences. I read it over and over with my grandmother, and never became sick of hearing it.
Holes (Louis Sachar) - I read this book in middle school and more recently saw the movie. I thought so much of the book, I told my little brother to read it.
Darwin Awards (Wendy Northcutt) - this book plays to my love of people who really don’t have it together.
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe) - although required by 10th-grade English, it has become a book to which I could refer in many essays.
Life of Pi (Yann Martel) - I still cannot get over the ending, and have not decided which story to believe.
Harry Potter Series (J. K. Rowling) - this was an absolute must-read for everyone at the time.
Calvin and Hobbes (Entire Series) (Bill Watterson) - just a good way to get away from the challenges of life, and relax.
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell) - although 1,448 pages long, it presents a view of the Civil War that I have not seen before. It was simply fascinating.
Ryan--how funny! I've read the Darwin Awards online and e-mail for several years and laughed out loud at the stupidity they represent, but I've never seen a book-length collection of the stories behind them. Also, I notice the variety of your list, everything from well-known children's novels to comic books to books from school and a lengthy historical opus.
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