An interesting collection of books. I haven't read any of them, in all honesty. Though I am an avid reader, your titles aren't really in my vein of preferred genres.

I think my writing has been heavily influenced by Georgette Heyer and Lois McMaster Bujold. But, I read a lot of Dickens and Jane Austen, Poe and Browning, Mary Shelley and Wilde, etc. I've read the Rubyiat numerous times. Plus, my bookshelves are stuffed with Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Robert Aspirin, Christopher Stacheff, and Doctor Who books. And, I've read around a hundred books on Celtic lore, history, gods, and archeology. I've also studied Persian culture and history a bit, along with some Greek mythology.