1- Beautiful Losers -- Leonard Cohen
Why do I love this book so much?  Because it's an amazingly poetic book about a hopeless love story.  Beautifully written, amazingly conceptualized, and totally made me think about my life in a different way.

2- That Was Then This Is Now -- S. E. Hinton
Sure it's kid stuff, but have you ever thought about how a single even can change your life?  Ruin a relationship that you always thought was concrete.  Watch it vanish?  Everytime I read this book, I cry...because it is so true.

3- Catch 22 -- Joseph Heller
        Okay, so it's about World War II.  There is something much more to this book.  The universal paradox, fucked if you do, fucked if you don't.  It's really worth the read.

4- The Wars -- Timothy Findley
        Another war book, with lots of stuff going on behind the war.  The character in this book is the best kind of hero, which is why i love this book so much.

5- A Farewell To Arms -- Ernest Hemingway
        Okay, this book, is amazingly written in that journalistic sort of hemingway style.  The story is a love story, that is sad and oh so true to real life.

6- A Clockwork Orange -- Anthony Burgess
        What can I say about this book?  The future is doomed.  Read the book trust me.

7- 1984 -- George Orwell
        Oh my god....BIG BROTHER.  This book scares the shit outta me.

8- Timequake -- Kurt Vonnegut
        This book is really weird.  I like the way it makes cynical fun of american society...ina weird sort of almost sci fi way.

9- The Catcher in the Rye -- J.D. Salinger
        okay...the integrity clashing with the ignorance of Holden is enough to keep me reading this book at least 3 times a year.