My 6 Most Memorable Books

I feel I should put a disclaimer before my list: few of these texts are scholarly or AP-level; they are just the books that are glued to my memory and influence and guide me in living my life.

1. Room by Emma Donoghue: Self-explanatory; see previous post.
2. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon: Mark Haddon colorfully (but without the color yellow, of course!) constructs the lonely, magical, and endearing world of autistic 15 year-old Christopher John Francis Boone.  The final sentence of the first-person narrative, "And I know I can do this because I went to London on my own, and because I solved the mystery of Who Killed Wellington? and I found my mother and I was brave and I wrote a book and that means I can do anything," reminds me as a reader and as a young adult coming into the world that even when the world says 'no,' I can do anything too.  
Note: This quote is so important to me that I copy-and-pasted it from my favorite quotes on Facebook! 
3. Eloise by Kay Thompson: Okay, okay, Kay Thompson's childish creation may not be PCDS scholarly reading material at all, but the childlike magic and joy de vivre sticks with the reader, even if he or she is over the age of six.  Eloise is memorable because it always reminds me to stay youthful with an active imagination like the spunky, self-described 'city-child' protagonist.
4. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote: This novella about a shallow girl has made me a pondering scholar.  The themes of isolation and identity haunt me to this day and so I find myself frequently flipping back and forth through the pages looking for some be-all, end-all answer from Mr. Capote about these fickle themes.  Unfortunately--or rather, fortunately for the intelligent reader--no such luck, and thus I remain--and shall remain--contemplating Holly Golightly's somewhat vacuous world.  
5. A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon: This text  has the qualities that every author should aspire for: it provides an enjoyable reading experience and leaves the reader thinking after.  The text left me thinking about the nature of family, secrets, and of course, eczema.
6. The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum: I like to think of this as not a populist text intended for the promotion of the People's Party, but rather a case for dreaming big.  Whatever Baum's original intention for his work was, this sparkling tale reminds me to dream big and to remember that all evil is no more than an ephemeral entity that can easily be melted or squashed by a house.