Here is a list of 10 of my favourite fictional books which have inspired me over time, so far. I would recommend reading them. I have tried not to repeat authors.

• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Sea by John Banville
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
• Amerika by Franz Kafka
• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
• Dexter by Jeff Lindsay

Of course these are not my only favourite reads, there are many others. But I thought 10 would be a good number for now.