Getting to the point of this post, I've decided to make a list of books I would love to receive for Christmas or my birthday, which is conveniently (or not, depending on who you ask) four days before Christmas. I hope this doesn't look like a shameless cry for presents; I really just thought it would help those who were already going to get me something for Christmas and don't have any ideas. So, without further ado:
Our Mutual Friend, by Charles Dickens (I have a huge thing for Dickens.)
also, Nicholas Nickleby, The Pickwick Papers, and Little Dorrit, all by Dickens.
Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy (Never read a Russian novel, but lately I've been wanting to.)
The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas (I have it, but it's not a good copy. I'd like it in a nice big paperback that's unabridged.)
also by Dumas: The Three Musketeers
Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo (also unabridged)
Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte
These are just some of the ones I've been wanting to buy lately. Now, a word on the above. I'm quite picky about the editions of my books. I know that's super nerdy, but they make some really crappy editions, and I am quite biased. My favorites are the Penguin Classics, which have a black spine with red and white type, like this:

I also like the Modern Library Classics, which have a gold-ish spine. For example:

Happily, most classics are cheaper than contemporary novels, and since I like reading classics best anyway, it works out well for all. I also love children's books, and here are a few I'd like in my library. I've read and love all of these, but for some tragic reason don't own them. (most of these only have one edition, or if they don't, I don't care much):
The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin
The Egypt Game, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine
The Anne of Green Gables Series by Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan (there are five of these, they come in a cool set since the whole series is out.)
And what would be the crowning glory of my book collection (even though I know no one will ever buy these for me. I'll have to save my pennies one by one)...

The complete Harry Potter hardback set in a Hogwarts trunk!!!!!! Isn't it beautiful? And also, can you believe I don't own these?! I had them all when I lived with my parents, but the fam wouldn't let me take them when I got married, even though half of them were either purchased by or directly for me. Oh well. Someday I'll have my own.
Anyway, those are some books I would like someday. And who knows, you may just be getting one of them from me someday when occasion calls for me to get you a present. Because, let's face it, that's the way I roll.