Who reads books?

[~Cesare Borgia~]

^ true, but its still interesting.

 

[Jokerman]

I would recommend off-hand:

Kim - Rudyard Kipling- great
Mutiny on the Bounty
Treasure Island
Kidnapped
The Count of Monte Cristo
Ivanhoe
Last of the Mohicans
Anything by Jules Verne (Journey to the Center of the Earth, 20,000 Leagues..)
Anything by Dickens
Anything by Twain

Also:

Tex - S.E. Hinton
The Outsiders - Hinton
Rumblefish - Hinton
The Things They Carried - O'Brien
Forever - Judy Blume
Hatchet- Paulsen
Where the Heart Is - Lettis
Out of Order - Jenkins
In the Dark - Richard Laymon