The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay (avoid the really bad movie)
Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
anything by Charles de Lint
The Lord of the Rings
Beowulf (in translation)
Le Mort d'Arthur (in translation)
365 Days (can't remember the author)
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
the Anna Pigeon series by Nevada Barr

And too many more to list at the moment