I would recommend Wally Lamb's "She's Come Undone" and his newer one (I can't remember what it's called!!!!).. but read them in that order because the second one is so much more refined and it leaves a nice feeling resonating.

At university I'm taking a course in young adult literature (I want to teach high school English as my career) and there are a lot of young adult books that are really great reads! Especially if you want to brain fart and just take an hour to relax. I'm an avid Judy Blume fan - any one of her books are great, and her newest adult novel, "Summer Sisters" is very good.

James Patterson also has some really great books out. "Kiss the Girls" was amazing - the movie didn't do it justice!

I don't have a lot of time to read for fun because of all my course literature, but these are some of my recommendations