Remains of the (friggin') Day
War and Peace
Any Agatha Christie book--I know, she's an institution. So's jail, and I don't want to do time
Any 'Harlequin' romance
Alistair Maclean's later stuff--the last of his I enjoyed was Puppet on a Chain. Liked everything before and nothing after. And thought that one was only so-so
The Horse Whisperer