The Periodic Table by Primo Levi
The Rubiyat of Omar Khyyam, Trans Fitzgerald
Eastern Approaches by Fitzroy MacLean
The Oxford book of 20th Century English Verse selected by Philip Larkin
The series of "The dark is Rising" and Mandrake by Susan Cooper
All the Arthur Ransome books
Rudyard Kiplings collected verse and Stalky and Co
Heinlein and Edmund Cooper ( for Sci-Fi)
and books by John Fowles,Dorothy L Sayers, Kathy Reich,Patricia Cornwell, and how much time do you have???
and Thnk you Richlmo , I know have several ideas if I am stuck for something to read this winter.