books with a lasting impression (on me)

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Two days ago I answered the unread book meme and today that tempts me to make my list of books that left a lasting impression on my imagination. Books that I (voluntarily) reread multiple times, or books I remember almost word for word without rereading them multiple times.
Books!

• C.J. Cherryh The Dreaming Tree - formed forever my image of the Sidhe; Tolkien stood no chance after that one!


• C.J. Cherryh Fortress in the Eye of Time (and its sequels) - beautiful!


• C.J. Cherryh The Faded Sun Trilogy - how to develop (and tell) about a believable alien race


• C.J. Cherryh Yeager - probably not her best book in the Downbelow Station universe, but it was the one that had me hooked!


• Barry Eisler Rain Fall - the ultimate cool killer novel (and it plays in Tokyo!)


• Christoph Hardebusch Sturmwelten - [translates as "Worlds of Storm"] fantasy & pirates, thrilling esp. in contrast to the silly (though enjoyable) Pirates of the Caribbean


• Lynn Flewelling Luck in the Shadows - a gay sidhe spy and his unbeknownst half-sidhe side-kick in a medieval fantasy setting


• Laurell K. Hamilton A Kiss of Shadows - one word: Doyle!


• Markus Heitz Die Mächte des Feuers - [translates as "The Powers of Fire" and is a dark setting of a AU 1925 world in which dragons exist and rule. I pine for the lack of sequel right now!]


• Hanns Kneifel Atlan novels - [no idea, if the books are among those Perry Rhodan universe plots that were translated into countless languages] my "first contact" with historical science fiction


• Teresa Medeiros Nobody's Darling - probably the funniest schmaltzy novel (in a Wild West setting!) I ever read!


• Naomi Novik Temeraire series - Hornblower'n Dragons, you got to love them! A lot less dark than Heitz' take on dragons, but still... :)


• Jennifer Roberson Lady of the Forest - the ultimate Robin Hood novel.


• Frank Schätzing Der Schwarm [The Swarm] - since reading the German original in the month it was published 2004, I keep noticing events happening in real life... like jellyfish closing down power stations.


• Paullina Simons Die Liebenden von Leningrad [The Bronze Horseman] - I just say "characterizations"!


• Maureen Tan AKA Jane and its sequel Run Jane Run - the ultimate spy novels


• Matthew Thomas Before & After - who could forget a novel about Nostradamus, the end of the world, and exploding sheep?!


• Ann Tonsor Zeddies Death Gift - there aren't enough science fiction books like this one!

The list is naturally incomplete, since I keep remembering books while I write it. It ends here just because I want to read one. Now!