A short history of nearly everything
Bill Bryson
The Fellowship of the Ring
J. R. R. Tolkien
Ethan Frome & Selected Stories
Edith Wharton
The Day of the Triffids
John Wyndham
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
John Grisham
Under the banner of heaven: a story of violent faith
Jon Krakauer