Books I Have Known and Loved

I was recently sorting through the books on my shelves to get rid of the ones I won't read again (or haven't read and likely never will) so I can give them away and have room for the new ones I've bought over the holidays. It made me think of people I've talked to who don't re-read any of their books. I can't imagine getting to the end of a really amazing book and knowing that I couldn't ever go back to it.

So, I tried to think of the books that I have re-read and plan to read again. Without looking again, I think they fall into a few categories:

Books that are just a lot of fun to read. I like these ones because they make me laugh out loud. I do most of my reading when I travel (and I travel a lot), so I have had a lot of time on planes or in airports giggling to myself with these books as company:
Catch 22 (Joseph Heller)
The Bear Went Over The Mountain (can't remember the author)
Most Bill Bryson books, especially his Aussie, UK, and Europe ones

Books that are so well-written that once is not nearly enough. These books inspire me to speak and write with more care, and make me want to learn to be a true story-teller:
Almost anything by Robertson Davies, especially the Deptford Trilogy
Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)

Books that remind me of the man I want to be:
Mere Christianity; Faith, Christianity, and the Church (both by C. S. Lewis)
What A Difference A Daddy Makes (Kevin Leman)
Wild At Heart (John Eldredge)

Books that are just too beautiful to leave on the shelf. These take my breath away:
Tons on Netherlandish masters from the 15th and 16th cetnuries (Campin, Van der Weyden, Ven Eyck, Gerard David)
A few on Gothic and International Gothic altarpieces
Guides from the museums I have known and loved... my version of a "little black book": The Louvre, National Gallery (London), Prado, Acedemia, Uffizi, Vatican Museums...