The · Good · Life

allow me to reccomend interpreter of maladies by jhumpa lahiri for number 10. it's a book of short stories that "expertly captures the out-of-context lives of immigrants, expatriates, and first-generation americans" to quote the wall street journal. :P

there's also the screwtape letters which is a collection of letters from the demon screwtape to his nephew, a novice tempter. it is highly amusing as well as though-provoking if you read it in the right frame of mind.

i should make a list for myself too. that's a good idea.