Favorites:

Authors: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Jane Jensen, Chuck Palahniuk, J. Gregory Keyes, Francesca Lia Block, Tolkein, Frank Herbert

Books: The Golden Compass, Watership Down, Neverwhere, American Gods, The Discworld series, The Sandman series, Good Omens, Snow Crash, Choke, Invisible Monsters, I was a Teenage Fairy, Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Dune, The Last Unicorn, The Waterborn/Blackgod, Alice in Wonderland, Millenium Rising, The Essential Rumi, Faeries (featuring Brian Froud).

Keep in mind that we live right next to a library, which I find impossible to resist...there are probably many fine books that I've neglected to put on this list, and I'll add more as I think of them.