I’ll update fairly frequently, but for ratings, expanded opinions, and a longer list of books I’ve loved in the pas, browse my Goodreads page (and feel free to “friend” me). Since there are so many favourites — and I really do love all of these — I’ll 
the ones I keep returning to for quotes or multiple re-reads. Also, feel free to leave recommendations of your own in the comments — I’m an avid reader and will likely pick it up.
CHICK LIT
Bridget Jones’ Diary, Helen Fielding — (and the sequel is even funnier!)
Confessions of a Shopaholic (series), Sophie Kinsella
CLASSICS
The Stranger, Albert Camus
Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
1984, George Orwell
Animal Farm, George Orwell
Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
Candide, Voltaire
The Waves, Virginia Woolf — (hands down, my favourite book of all time)
LITERARY FICTION/PLAYS/SHORT STORIES
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Sherman Alexie
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
The Hours, Michael Cunningham
I Love You, Beth Cooper, Larry Doyle
Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers
Atonement, Ian McEwan
Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk
The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath
The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger
Prep, Curtis Sittenfeld — (sometimes considered YA)
New Sudden Fiction: Short-short Stories from America and Beyond, James Thomas (ed.), Robert Shapard (ed.)
A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole
A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams
PARANORMAL ROMANCE
URBAN FANTASY
Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate series), Gail Carriger — (also, historical/steampunk-ish)
Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress series), Jeanine Frost — (has romance)
Darkfever (Fever series), Karen Marie Moning
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Noughts & Crosses, Malorie Blackman (fav. non-supernatural YA !!)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, John Boyne
A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle trilogy), Libba Bray
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments series), Cassandra Clare
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
The Body Finder, Kimberley Derting
Hush, Hush (series), Becca Fitzpatrick
Evernight (series), Claudia Gray
Howl’s Moving Castle, Diana Wynne Jones
Vampire Academy, Richelle Mead — (must read; my favourite YA series)
Scribbler of Dreams, Mary E. Pearson
Harry Potter (series), J. K. Rowling
A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket
Shiver (Wolves of Mercy Falls series), Maggie Stiefvater
