Desert Island Fantasy

No, not Lost. I mean my top ten works of fantasy literature that I would select if I were limited to only ten. Scott at HUGE RUINED PILE started the meme and I figured it would be a nice, easy post on an otherwise very busy day (8th wedding anniversary and all).

Scott limited his selection to one book for a given author and also excluded "true classics" of the Western cannon. He also excludes horror and science-fiction, which I'm not going to do for the purposes of this exercise. Anything with fantasy elements is fair game and the main criteria for selection is a work's appeal over multiple readings.

In no particular order and limited to one selection per author:

• J.R.R. Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings (especially if it is my red leather collector's edition)
• Fritz Leiber: The Swords of Lankhmar
• Bram Stoker: Dracula
• Douglas Adamas: The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Deluxe Edition)
• Susanna Clarke: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
• Tim Powers: On Stranger Tides (tossup with Anubis Gates)
• Philip Pullman: The Golden Compass
• Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson: The Illuminatus Trilogy
• Neil Gaiman: The Game of You (my favorite Sandman collection)
• Alan Moore: The Absolute Promethea Book 1 (and I wish I could take the other volumes)