narrow it down to 15?

on facebook (which i am on a little too much), a friend sent along a request of the 15 books that have stayed with you. silly minor game for most people, but for me it was hard. books are personal. the stories, the characters become woven into the tapestries that are our lives. the townspeople of Mitford are friends of mine. i wept with March family when sweet angelic Beth died. i learned magic at Hogwarts. will never forget the lessons i learned from The Good Earth.
so how do i narrow it down to only 15? it wasn't just me. apparently there are many other book nerds out there in facebook land as well. those lists of our favorite 15 were the buzz all day. how wonderful to find out that you are not alone in craze!

15 books that have stayed with me

1.The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
2.Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
3.The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
4.My Life in France by Julia Child
5.The Color of Water by James McBride
6.An Hour Before Daylight by Jimmy Carter
7.Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
8.To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
9.Robert Frost Poetry
10.Good Families Don't Just Happen by Catherine Musco Garcia-Prats, Joseph A., M.D. Garcia-Prats
11.Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
12.Camilla: A Biography of Camilla Eyring Kimball by Caroline Eyring
13.The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet
14.Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
15.Mrs. Mike by Benedict Freedman and Nancy Freedman

**Bonus**
The Yearling by Margorie Rawlings
Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling
These is my Words by Nancy Turner

what books would find their way on your list?