I'll give ten, in no particular order. I'm sure I've forgotten plenty of others that would supplant these, but here's what comes to mind this morning at least:
1. The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
2. Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
3. Gormenghast, by Mervyn Peake
4. Chance, by Joseph Conrad
5. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
6. Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
7. Dubliners, by James Joyce (do short story collections count?)
8. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
9. The original Conan stories, by Robert E. Howard
10. The Black Company, by Glen Cook (seems like an odd-man out, but based on the number of times I've read it, it should go on the list).
1. The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
2. Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
3. Gormenghast, by Mervyn Peake
4. Chance, by Joseph Conrad
5. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
6. Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
7. Dubliners, by James Joyce (do short story collections count?)
8. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
9. The original Conan stories, by Robert E. Howard
10. The Black Company, by Glen Cook (seems like an odd-man out, but based on the number of times I've read it, it should go on the list).