man's search for meaning by Viktor E. Frankl.

picked it up for 3 bucks at a bargain book store and love it

if Irvine Welsh is fine then read as MUCH of him as you can. He is my absolute favourite author.. Filth and Glue are extraordinary. Trainspotting and Porno are good as well...I wasn't too fond of Ecstasy and I thought his short story collection was hit and miss with each story.

However, my favourite novel is The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. That to me is a staple. Middlesex is also damn good.

Johnathon Strange and Mr. Norrell AMAZED me. I'd like to force most people I know to read that book because it is BRILLIANT.

The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
....NOTHING that Oprah has recommended for you.

^ Not that I think we should wet our panties and jump on the wagon every time Oprah recommends a novel, but I have stumbled upon a couple books that had her sticker slapped on the cover, and they were actually good reads. Don't let her make you hate perfectly good literature.

I will support my argument if you'd like

Has anyone mentioned Kiterunner or Life of Pi? Life of Pi is supposed to "make you believe in God", but it didn't, so don't worry about that aspect. It has a brilliant twist.

I don't know many of her picks, but A Million Little Pieces was enough to ruin it for me.