First John Wyndham book I read so has stayed with me above all others.

A fairy tale of fairy tales. Enter Granny Weatherwax, one of my favourite ever characters.

Neil Gaiman is quite simply a master storyteller.

Violent and not for the weak hearted but important to show us the dark side of animal laboratories which we tend to conveniently forget about.

Not particularly good as a novel, but the ideas portrayed are very interesting. Roll on feminism.

Because how could I leave this one out?

Because until I read The left hand of darkness this is the only Le Guin book I feel is appropriate to be put in here.