My favorite books:

Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
And Then She Found Me by Elinor Lipman
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Stargirl by Jerry Spinnelli
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Primavera, Ecstasia, Dangerous Angels, I Was a Teenage Fairy, all by Francesca Lia Block
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things by J.T. LeRoy (pseudonym)
Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 by Garrison Keillor
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Strip City by Lily Burana
Distant Land of My Father by Bo Caldwell
Old School by Tobias Wolff
Mariette in Ecstasy by Ron Hansen
Atticus by Ron Hansen
Night by Elie Weisel
King Dork by Frank Portman
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Neffenberger
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult (she's my brain candy)
The Devil in the White City
Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer