The tenth book: #10 The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes
It's quite clear to me now that while the knightly romances were popular in the 1500s, the real accomplishments (at least for me) are the satires and parodies of the genre. Unlike other books that are about virtues and morals and doing the right thing. Lazarillo, instead, is just concerned with stilling his hunger and pulling the wool over his masters' eyes to do so.
It's an incredibly entertaining read, with a nice arc through the indivdual tales. The chapters and stories get shorter as time goes on (a few masters are dismissed in three sentences) which actually means themes don't get revisited too much. Snappy and fun that way.