Anything by Terry Pratchett
The Darkness series by Harry Turtledove (a WWII like story, 'nother planet, different people, but fought with magic instead of machines)
The World War series by Harry Turtledove (alternate history of WWII where aliens invade and become the enemy of all mankind)
Almost anything by Anne McCaffery.
Anything in the Heralds of Valdemar series.
Any of the Bazil The Broke Tail Dragon books.

Big fan of sci-fi and fantasy. If I want drama all I gotta do is watch the news. I pick apart the spy novels and murder mysteries for inconsistencies and things that the characters know. I can't stand Sherlock Holmes because he makes connections that are so far off the chart as to be impossible for someone who is not a master of all space time.