Books I would class as fav's are ones that I can and have read more than once. Personally I go through times of not reading for months to reading a few a week, sometimes one a day, I read three in the last week. These days I tend to read a lot of Warhammer & WH 40K, because its good pulp and a great setting to get lost in. I couldnt limit it to 10, I cant even think of them all, moved recently and loads are still boxed up. But in no particular order -
General fiction -
Imajica - Clive Barker. Actually would have to say this is my favourite book, if you havent read it, its like Tolkien for adults.
Weaveworld - Clive Barker.
The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman - Bruce 'Withnail & I' Robinson
The Vampire Genevieve - Jack Yeovil (Kim Newman)
Brer Rabbit - Enid Blyton
I, Lucifer - Glen Duncan (the Devil is given a month off on earth in a human body and decides to write his version of events, creation, the war in heaven, Adam & Eve "Eve really was a hot piece of ass")
The Burglar Diaries - Danny King
Cosmic Banditos - A. C. Weisbecker
The Great Trouser Mystery - Graham Parker
Autobiographies -
Wiseguy - Nicholas Pileggi - The book Goodfellas was adapted from
In Search of Captain Zero: A Surfer's Road Trip Beyond the End of the Road - A.C. Weisbecker- Mostly about his search for his best friend, with whom he used to smuggle drugs, who has vanished in South America, also about his quite mental exploits as a drug smuggler, oh & surfing
Can't You Get Along with Anyone?: A Writer's Memoir and a Tale of a Lost Surfer's Paradise - A.C. Weisbecker - Chronicles Weisbeckers life after being commisioned to write a screen play based on his previous book, even tho he states clearly that there is no movie in it, his reportage on the squatter wars in Costa Rica, his relationship with his girlfriend and slagging off Sean Penn & surfing.
Smoking in Bed: Conversations with Bruce Robinson - Alistair Owen. Absolute must if you love Withnail & I. Also has some incredibly fascinating stuff about the Manhattan Project, because Robinson did the screen play for Fat Man & Little Boy, did an immense amount of research, but it was shredded and was nothing like what he wrote, would of been a fucking dynamite film if they hadnt of gutted it.
Series & trilogies -
Lord of the Rings - Tolkien.
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams.
Eisenhorn trilogy - Dan Abnett
Gaunts Ghosts series - Dan Abnett
Flashman series - George MacDonald Fraser - if you like Black Adder you will like Flashman, total bastard, fucks anything that moves is an abject coward who always comes up smelling of roses.
Ciaphas Cain series - Sandy Mitchell - like Flashman but in space
Gotrek & Felix series - Bil King & Nathan Long
The Fletch series - Gregory McDonald
The Horus Heresy series - various authors
Comics or graphic novels -
Asterix - René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo
Elf Quest - Wendy & Richard Pini
Preacher - Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon
Marshal Law: Fear & Loathing - Pat Mills & Kev O'Neill
Nemesis the Warlock - Pat Mills & Kev O'Neill
Lobo: The Last Czarnian - Alan Grant & Simon Bisley
Slaine: The Horned God - Pat Mills & Simon Bisley
Dicks - Garth Ennis & John McCrea
Batman: Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth - Grant Morrison & Dave McKean.
Batman: Killing Joke - Alan Moore & Brian Bolland
Batman: Year One - Frank Miller & David Mazzucchelli
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller
Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Back - Frank Miller
The Ballad of Halo Jones - Alan Moore & Ian Gibson - for me the best thing Moore has written.
Akira - Katsuhiro Otomo - Jaw dropping epic, if you never read any other manga, read this one.
The New Statesmen - John Smith & Jim Balkie
Chopper Song of the Surfer - John Wagner & Colin MacNeil
Judge Dredd: America - John Wagner & Colin MacNeil
Aliens book one - Mark Verheiden & Mark A. Nelson - I have the original, which is a continuation of Hicks & Newts story after Aliens. It was later reprinted & edited, changing the story and names to Wilks and Billie. Verheiden interestingly went on to write and produce on Battlestar Gallactica.
Aliens book 2 - Mark Verheiden, Denis Beauvais & Mark A. Nelson. Worth it for Beauvais artwork, totally captured the feel and look of Camerons Aliens.
I'm sure I can think of more