I am always trying to read my way through the classics. You can't go wrong with folks like Faulkner and Austen and such.


I also love to read plays. Shakespeare, Miller, Pinter, Stoppard and Marlowe are some of my favorites.

And short story/essay collections are always great for when you aren't going to be able to sit and read on a book for hours at a time (which is how I like to read plays and novels, in as few sittings as possible). Some of my favorite people to read short stories and essays by are David Sedaris, Chuck Palahniuk, Dorothy Parker, Kafka, Hemingway, Poe, and lots of others.

While I have never liked Stephen Crane's novels very well, I absolutely love his poetry and short stories.

Oh, I forgot Khalil Gibran!

Roald Dahl's kids and young adult stuff is always fun, but some of his short stories and collections intended for adults would really surprise and entertain you.

I'm not a fan of Sci fi books, but I love sci fi short story collections.

lol... I could talk about books for days and days. I'll shut up for a while and give someone else a chance.