I'm an avid reader. Here are some of my favorites:

DALVA (Jim Harrison) and the sequel, which I think is called THE LONG ROAD HOME. Beautiful characters, story, etc. These books are ones I dreaded finishing.

THE LAST LIFE (Claire Messud). Another beautiful one. Set in France, this is a coming of age story about a French girl and her family.

Anything by Louise Erdich (or is it Edrich? can never remember).

If you like mysteries suspense, you can go wrong w/anything Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine writes. Also, I enjoy Sue Grafton, Nevada Barr, Elizabeth George, Leslie Glass, and a few others whom I can't readily recall.