The Algebraist or Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks (sci-fi). First one for more fun, the second for more head-melt (but not too much head-melt - none of yer time travel or multiverses or any of that shite)
Happiness by Niall Williams. A fucking delightful part coming-of-age part-older-person-romance thing, with trad music, set in Co. Clare
The Happy Return by C.S. Forester (or any of the books in that series). Rip-roaring adventures on the high seas, I listened to a bunch of these on audiobook and they were fucking class
Also if you've never read Catch-22 it's probably my favourite book ever. That and Slaughterhouse 5
Oh and The Once and Future King is a great big doorstopper of a thing, a good bet if you're stuck with nothing to do. It's the King Arthur story. The first section of it is essentially a (very good) kids book, and the last section of it is a bit shit, but the rest of it is amazing
Happiness by Niall Williams. A fucking delightful part coming-of-age part-older-person-romance thing, with trad music, set in Co. Clare
The Happy Return by C.S. Forester (or any of the books in that series). Rip-roaring adventures on the high seas, I listened to a bunch of these on audiobook and they were fucking class
Also if you've never read Catch-22 it's probably my favourite book ever. That and Slaughterhouse 5
Oh and The Once and Future King is a great big doorstopper of a thing, a good bet if you're stuck with nothing to do. It's the King Arthur story. The first section of it is essentially a (very good) kids book, and the last section of it is a bit shit, but the rest of it is amazing