Adult: Book Recommendations

What I've read and loved. I tried to divide them by genre as much as possible but there are some crossovers.

Recommend me a book!

Classics

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Persuasion by Jane Austen
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
1984 by George Orwell
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Fahrenheit 451 by Raz Bradbury
The Lord of the Rings triology by J.R.R. Tolkien
Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut

Plays

Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare
That Face by Polly Stenham

Literature

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
History of Love by Nicole Krauss
A visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Kiterunner by Khaled Hosseini

Historical

 Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Tudor Wife by Emily Purdy

Urban Fantasy

 The Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews (with every book the series gets better!)
Mind Games by Carolyn Crane
Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison
Mooncalled by Patricia Briggs
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Romance

 Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
Practice makes perfect by Julie James
Born in Fire by Nora Roberts
Bet me by Jennifer Crusie

Thriller

Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Die for me by Karen Rose

Steampunk

The Iron Duke by Meljean Brook
Soulless by Gail Carriger

Detective

Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

Humor

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Romantic Suspense

Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard
Hard Evidence by Pamela Clare
Open Season by Linda Howard

Poetry

The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy 

Chick-lit

Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me by Sarra Manning