I agree with Garg about the classics. I recently re-read Huckleberry Finn (a real delight) and 1984 (don't go there right now) and Catch 22 (screamingly funny, despite how dark it is) and Slaughterhouse Five (entertaining but a little too weird for me). I also read the Odyssey maybe a year or two ago and was pleasantly surprised that it was a lot easier than I'd anticipated and also a lot of fun -- but then I'm a geek. Mark Twain said that classics are books that everyone wants to have read but nobody wants to read -- but not always.

I've also gotten a big kick out of Harry Potter, and I generally love children's books anyway. Also, anything at all by Farley Mowat is worthwhile and a wonderful read.

A newer relative of the Anguished English is called Non Campus Mentis -- students erroneous exam / essay answers about world history, hilarious, LOL on every page.

My own personal absolutely-can't-even-look-up-from-page books are all of Jane Austen -- but in my experience Y-chromosome folks don't generally get them. Mark Twain said he couldn't read her if they put him on salary to do it, and he thought it was a real shame that she died a natural death.

May this time pass quickly and successfully for you.