Okay, this is going to be a weird one, because it spans so many genres, but here it goes:
A Connecticut Yankee in King Author's Court and Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov (just the initial trilogy)
All of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories
The Food of the Gods by HG Wells - can't tell you how many times I re-read that story as a young boy.
Of course, Lord of the Rings (and The Hobbit) by JRR Tolkien
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein
The Once and Future King, by TH White
The Prophet, by Khalil Gibran
So, this last one is going to sound strange for a 41-year-old man, but the Harry Potter books. My wife and met at the beginning of the Harry Potter craze, and I started reading the books because she was really into them and I was really into her (and wanted her to be into me). Turns out, I loved them. Not necessarily the writing, but the stories. I found myself standing in line for them on release day, and devouring them in a single day (and then going back and reading them again).
A Connecticut Yankee in King Author's Court and Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov (just the initial trilogy)
All of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories
The Food of the Gods by HG Wells - can't tell you how many times I re-read that story as a young boy.
Of course, Lord of the Rings (and The Hobbit) by JRR Tolkien
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein
The Once and Future King, by TH White
The Prophet, by Khalil Gibran
So, this last one is going to sound strange for a 41-year-old man, but the Harry Potter books. My wife and met at the beginning of the Harry Potter craze, and I started reading the books because she was really into them and I was really into her (and wanted her to be into me). Turns out, I loved them. Not necessarily the writing, but the stories. I found myself standing in line for them on release day, and devouring them in a single day (and then going back and reading them again).