The Ultimate Bookshelf

Some books are a good read, some are a great read and others, no matter how much you love them, are books you will only ever read once - and most likely will pass on to others.  Then there are the books that you cannot part with, the rare books that must remain in your position until the end of time just for that day you feel the need to read them again. Or perhaps you just want to compile an impressive collection of works of literary genius to impress your friends and visitors :)

Mine would be a compilation of classics, the perspective-altering must reads, a couple of more recent books I consider to be perfect literature and ones I would want to pass on to future children because they are great adventures and inspire the use of imagination. In no particular order - here are my Top 10. (Though I'm sure I've forgotten something of vital importance).

1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2. The Harry Potter collection by JK Rowling
3. The Roald Dahl collection
4. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
5. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
6. Bag of Bones by Stephen King
7. Sister by Rosamund Lupton
8. Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott 
9. The complete works of William Shakespeare
10. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne

So what books would you have on your ultimate bookshelf? And how long would they sit there before you picked them up and read them again?