If you haven't read Robin Hobb yet, I would recommend her books (but not her Soldier Son trilogy).

I also love many of Jostein Gaarder's books; he's a Nowegian philosopher and author. My favourites are "The Solitaire Mystery" or "Vita brevis".

I just finished Chimamanda Adichie's "Half of a yellow sun"; a novel about the Nigerian civil war. I loved it for the combination of learning about another country's history and culture at the same time as reading a good book.


Don't know what kind of books you like though - can only tell you what books I've enjoyed.