Only ten books are allowed at most? That's far too few! But I shall try to manage. Seeing as I am no English native speaker, coming from Germany and all, my list will undoubtedly include some German language books, though I will try to write the English title if I read the German translated version instead, for I was not always as proficient in English as I am now. As you will see I am also an avid reader of nonfiction.
- T.A. Barron: The Merlin Saga
- Mika Waltari: The Egyptian (Sinuhe egyptiläinen)
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust
- David Macdonald: The Encyclopedia of Mammals
- Mark P. Witton: Pterosaurs
- Dougal Dixon, John Adams: The Future is Wild
- Trevor Bryce: The World of the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: A Political and Military History
- Gudrun Ziegler, Alexander Hogh: Die Mongolen: Im Reich des Dschingis Khan (a book about the Mongolian Empire)
- Nanno Marinatos: Minoan Kingship and the Solar Goddess: A Near Eastern Koine
- Paul Zaunert: Deutsche Natursagen (a book about German legends featuring various nature sprites)