Lin, I am making my way through Anne Perry's books, too. The first one I read, Hangman in Cater Street was the best. I read tons of fiction, so don't feel you're alone.:-)

Dan, I highly recommend "Round the Bend" by Nevil Shute. Also, "King, of the Khyber Rifles" old book, can't remember the author's name, but it is a classic, excellent book. Another one, non-fiction, by Doris Lessing, "The Wind Takes Away Our Words" (I think I got the title right.)

There's an old thread like this one. I'll look for it in a bit and psot a link because I think we talked more baout our absolute favs and you'd find lots of suggestions in it, too.

Thanks, everyone for posting. Let's hear some more!

kat