Favorite books

A top-twenty list of my favorite books.  This is basically a list of books that most influenced me (in partly chronological, partly greatest influence):

1. Animorphs by Kathleen Applegate
2. Harry Potter by Joanne Kathleen Rowling
3. Lord of the Rings by John Ronald Reuel Tolkein
4. Ender's Game/Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
5. Left Behind (all of them) by Tim Lahaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
6. A Coal Miner's Bride (Dear America series) by Susan Campbell Bartoletti 
7. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
8. The Red Tent by Anita Diamanti
9. Beauty by Robin McKinley
10. North to Freedom by Anne Holm
11. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
12. The Outsiders  by S.E. Hinton
13. A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
14. The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
15. His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

Fanfic list

Greatest fanfic list:

1. The Draco Trilogy - Cassandra Claire
2. The Very Secret Diary - Arabella (Ye gods, a stunning story, and not funny in any way)
3. The Other Black Girl - Smelltastic (this, I see as canon)
4. There Is No Such Place - Liz Barr (worshipped as best Lily-Severus story)
5. Lovely, For a While - Dahlia (I like nearly everything she writes, but this touched a chord)
6. Lily Evans and the Elf-Nymph Necklace - Sohara von Salienta
7. The Professional's Guide to Badgering People/Crouching Lion, Hidden Badger/How the Badger Has Fallen - Maya (only slash story I truly respect and like)
8. Lamentations of a Starry-Eyed Twit - She's a Star (only Severus/someone-besides-Lily story I like)
9. Least Likely of All II - LanaMariah (for the awesome Lily-Severusness)
10. Slightly Less Sinister - (best story on The Restricted Section I've ever read, and beyond - but it's rated NC-17 for a reason)
11. Jealous, I Am - (Lily-Severus, and deliciously bitter)
12. Ramifications - rabbit and Jinx (hilarious; to be mourned that it was apparently given up)
13. Season of Healing - Dien Alcyone (be warned; this is Severus/Harry, though not yet, which is why I'm still reading it)
14. Teatime with Albus - Dien Alcyone (...absolutely brilliant.  Severus vs. Dumbledore.)
15. The Letter - Master J (so controversial, but I can't forget about it)
16. Doubly Cloaked - Katherine Frost (Lily-Severus.  I recommend it.)
17. Harry Potter and the Clichéd Cliché of... Clichés - Doctor Strangelove (Pretty much the funniest thing ever, from beginning to end. "Oh, Godric, is that your sword or are you just happy to see me?")
18. There's Something About MarySue - Juliet (Also the funniest thing ever, but chaptered. Yes, some parts do get a little slow as it goes along, but at least skim to the Hagrid scene!)

Books I've read because of Sohara

Stories I have read because of Sohara (in vague order):

1. Lord of the Rings
2. Gone with the Wind
3. Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging
4. The Princess Bride
5. Les Miserables
6. Agatha Christie (some)
7. A Midsummer's Night Dream
8. The Crucible

Favorite fanfic authors

Favorite fanfic authors:

1. Cassandra Claire
2. Maya
3. Sohara von Salienta
4. Liz Barr
5. Dahlia
6. Smelltastic
7. Arabella
8. Nita
9. Gedia Kacela
10. Dien Alycone