(Books I want desperately RIGHT NOW; there are probably about several hundred I would *like*. A few I have read before, and will no doubt read then all again, and again, and again ... Strikethroughs indicate that particular item has been successfully added. Needless to say the list is continuously being expanded.)
Non-Fiction
David Attenborough. The Life of Mammals
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza. Genes, People and Languages
Lisa Chaney. Elizabeth David
Antonio Damasio. The Feeling of What Happens
Tim Flannery. The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America
David Landes. The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor
Mary Lovell. The Mitford Girls
Barbara Reynolds. Dorothy L Sayers: Her Life and Soul
Matt Ridley. The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
Simon Schama. A History of Britain III: The Fate of Empire 1776-2001
David Swenson. Ashtanga Yoga
Patrick Wall. Pain: The Science of Suffering
Alison Weir. The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Fiction
Margaret Atwood. Cat's Eye
Margaret Atwood. Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood. Oryx and Crake
Karen Blixen. Out of Africa
Rita Mae Brown. Rubyfruit Jungle
Pearl S Buck. The Good Earth
Mark Z Danielewski. House of Leaves
Roddy Doyle. The Barrytown Trilogy - The Commitments; The Snapper; The Van
Helen Fielding. Bridget Jones' Diary
Michael Frayn. Spies
Seamus Heaney. Beowulf
Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms
Molly Keane. Good Behaviour
Haruki Murakami. Norwegian Wood
John Irving. The Cider House Rules
Thomas Keneally. Schindler's List
Barbara Kingsolver [ed]. The Best American Short Stories of 2001
Jack London. The Call of the Wild / White Fang
Frederico Garcia Lorca. Collected Poems (in Spanish)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez. One Hundred Years of Solitude
Yann Martel. The Life of Pi
Toni Morrison. Song of Solomon
Iris Murdoch. The Sea, The Sea
Salman Rushdie. Midnight's Children
Dorothy L Sayers. Unnatural Death
Zadie Smith. White Teeth
Josephine Tey. The Daughter of Time
Sarah Waters. Fingersmith
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451
David Brin. Earth
David Brin. Glory Season
Pamela Dean. Tam Lin
Kate Elliott. Jaran
Neil Gaiman. Neverwhere
William Gibson. All Tomorrow's Parties
Elizabeth Lynn. The Chronicles of Tornor - Watchtower; The Dancers of Arun; The Northern Girl
Patricia McKillip. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
Robin McKinley. The Hero and the Crown
Robin McKinley. Deerskin
Vonda McIntyre. Fireflood and Other Stories (out of print, dammit)
Terry Pratchett. The Colour of Magic
Terry Pratchett. The Light Fantastic
Terry Pratchett. Mort
Terry Pratchett. Sourcery
Terry Pratchett. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
Terry
Pratchett.
The Wee Free Men
Terry Pratchett. Monstrous Regiment (published October 2003)
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman. Good Omens
J R R Tolkein. The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King (three volume hardback illustrated boxed edition)
Children's
Roald Dahl. James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Peter Dickinson. The Changes Trilogy - The Devil's Children; Heartsease; The Weathermonger
Louise Fitzgerald. Harriet the Spy
Lois Lowry. The Giver
L M Montgomery. Anne of Green Gables series
Philip
Pullman. His Dark Materials Trilogy - Northern Lights; The Subtle Knife;
The
Amber Spyglass
J K Rowling. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (paperback only)
Noel Streatfield. Ballet Shoes
Food and Drink
Elizabeth David. Italian Food
Elizabeth David. An Omelette and a Glass of Wine
Masaki Ko. The Japanese Kitchen: Over 70 Delicious and Exquisite Dishes from an Elegant Cuisine
Jeffrey Steingarten. The Man Who Ate Everything II (real title???)