I used to be a real book hound, but now I get easily frustrated because I read so slowly that I haven't read in a book in forever other than history articles and such. I know that's really bad for a teacher to say, but, alas, it's true...but...my favorite books are:

Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Shining by Stephen King
the novelette The Langoliers by Stephen King