I have Foucalt's Pendulum, but have yet to read it. If it's that good, I guess I should move it up on the list!

Fairytales of all sorts were important to me, too. I had some ancient books (one that I had to tape together to read) of strange, dark stories that once were meant for children, but certainly aren't the kind of thing that we would give to children now, and I loved them dearly. I think some stories are meant to be dark.