If you can find it I highly recommend it, it's written by Robert McCammon.

9. The Martian Chronicles (thank you Chrono!!)
10. Salem's Lot (my intro to horror reading)

It's one of those rare books that I can just read and read again - Absolutely love it.

Try it without thinking about it - Top 10 that come to your head in a stream-of-consciousness-spurt. I'm curious as to what you'd say, to be honest. I bet I'd get some good recommendations out of there. :D

That's what I did, and that's how I forgot The Martian Chronicles until I saw your post!

i just thought about if i could only take 10 books out my collection what would they be, i wanted to add so many more but they are the books i would read again.

The Biological Time Bomb - Gordon Rattray Taylor
The Roots of Consciousness - Geoffrey Mishlove
The Seth Material - Jane Roberts
All the Little Animals - Walker Hamilton
By the Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow (The Rediscovered Diaries of Opal Whitely) - Benjamin Hoff
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater - Kurt Vonnegut
Another Roadside Attraction - Tom Robbins
The Illuminatus Trilogy - Robert Anton Wilson & Robert Shea
Any collection that contains most of H.P. Lovecraft's works.

I have only heard of two of those - Cool list; I'll have to look the others up - I bet I'll find quite a few to add to my queue.

I seriously recommend By the Singing Creek. I've bought numerous copies of the book to give to people. You can read Opal's diaries online, but I really recommend Benjamin Hoff's edition (he's the guy that wrote The Tao of Pooh & The Te of Piglet) as he writes a lengthy essay explaining who Opal was, a whole biography, etc. He really makes her come to life on the page, so that when you finally read her diaries, you get so much more from them.

Part of the attraction for me is that she was born and raised in a little town in Oregon, which I lived in for a few years. It makes me feel even closer to her.

The Biological time bomb is written by a scientist who took the state of science at the time it was written and projects when new developments in science might become reality, and what effects they might have on society. We're talking about the stuff from science fiction. It's a bit outdated now, but it's still an amazing read. Some things he couldn't predict are the ravages of poor economy and backwards steps taken because of idiot politicians.

Geoffrey Mishlove was the first person to ever be awarded a Doctorate in Parapsycology, and his tome The Roots of Consciousness is his attempt to fuse all kinds of bizarre phenomina and beliefs into one cohesive theory. The book is massive and fascinating.

I love this list! I really should convince my daughter to join and discuss books with you.

I've had a myriad of friends and family that I've tried to get to join. I always get the same response: "But, I'm not into horror." No matter how hard I try, I just can't seem to convince them that we talk about way more than just horror films and books.

Good luck getting your daughter to join!