SlowRain wrote:Reading..
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The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Noble House by James Clavell
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Love these books... I've read Midnights Children when travelling in India... quite special since there are many things in India which haven't changed since the times the story takes place.
Another couple of my favs no particular order:
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
Papillon by Henri Charriere
Imperium by Robert Harris
The Sharpshooter by Brian Garfield
Shogun by James Clavell
Tai-Pan by James Clavell
Warlord by Malcolm Bosse
The boy in the striped pyjamas by Boyne
The Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan
The Vampire Chronicles (a series of books) by Anne Rice
All stories by Jules Verne
The Pickwick Papers by Dickens
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Desert Places by Robyn Davidson
Tracks by Robyn Davidson
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle
The Trip - The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
Oh and I like the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett too. I used to like Tom Sharpe books when I was youger but rereading them was not the best idea I ever had
Just started on Children of Húrin by C. Tolkien from notes from J.R.R. Tolkien, should be a good read.