Beloved–Toni Morrison
Midnight’s Children–Salman Rushdie <– this and Beloved are not for the faint-hearted, as they are disturbing and kind of gory
The Ocean at the End of the Lane–Neil Gaiman
Discworld series–Terry Pratchett
Tortilla Flat–John Steinbeck
The Lord of the Rings–J. R. R. Tolkien
Pale Fire–Vladmir Nabakov
The Help–Kathryn Stockett
Millenium Trilogy–Stieg Larsson
The Joy Luck Club–Amy Tan
War and Peace–Leo Tolstoy
Room– Emma Donoghue
The Good Earth–Pearl S. Buck
Mrs. Dalloway–Virginia Woolf
Age of Innocence–Edith Wharton