So many, oh so many beloved books, hidden in the nook and cranny.
Classics
Edgar Alan Poe..His collected works is a good start, also his detective character Dupin {from the tale, Murders in the Rue Morgue) is said to be the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes.
Charles Dickens ...The Pickwick Papers is one of my favorites
Geoffrey Chaucer...The Canterbury tales {this one only if you're in the mood for poetry or prose}.
Women Authors
Agatha Christie...any one of her many novels
Mary Shelly....Frankenstein {of course}
Virgina Woolf ....Mrs. Dalloway
Present Authors:
Stephen King....The Stand
Clive Barker.....Weaveworld
Ray Bradbury.....Fahrenheit 451, Martian Chronicles
This list could go on for awhile