Some of my favorite books:

I wont keep adding to this list, but a great place to check out what folks are reading and enjoying is a website called "Goodreads" 

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

The Swan Seekers by Elizabeth Kostova

Runby Ann Patchett

Immortal Outlaw by Lisa Hendrix

Immortal Warrior by Lisa Hendrix

The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

Loving Frank by Nancy Horan

A Sudden Country by Karen Fisher

Into the Wilderness series by Sara Donati 

Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier

An Ocean Between Us by Susan Wiggs

Outlander by Diana Gabeldon  (There are 6 more in the series ... excellent adventure reading)

       Her latest, An Echo in the Bone

On Shakey Ground by Pamela S. Beason

Suspense, mysteries, thrillers: multiple books

Harlan Coben

Kasey Michaels

Stella Cameron

Dick Francis.