Ooo I love questions about books. I'm an avid reader - these are my faves so far:

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Hundred years of solitude & Love in the time of cholera

Neil Gaiman - American Gods

Will Self - The book of dave

Salman Rushdie - Fury

Douglas Adams - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Rohinton Mistry - A fine balance

Alexader Dumas - Count of Monte Cristo

ANY TERRY PRATCHETT OR AGATHA CHRISTIE

Haruki Murakami, Margaret Atwood are also favourites. Along with Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let me go...

Life and Fate by Vassily Grossman and 2666 by Roberto Bolano are truly great in the sense of Great Books of the 20th Century. Truly great books that absorb but aren't necessarily going to command a place in history--Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice and Blood Meridien by Cormac McCarthy.

Despite the controversy surrounding it being fact or fiction, Augusten Burrough's memoir 'Running with Scissors' is truly a page turner. Also good: Michael Cunningham's 'A Home at the End of the World.' Both have been adapted to the big screen, but the movies do the books no justice.

Margaret Atwood ("The Handmaid's Tale) has written a bunch of truly staggering novels:

"The Blind Assassin", which won the inaugural Booker Prize;

"Alias Grace", based on a true story of a maid who allegedly murdered her employer and his housekeeper.

Two of my all-time favorites, they really pull you under the story.

"The Wind-up Bird Chronicle" by Haruki Murakami. It's one of my favorites and the really great thing is that, if you like it, there are many others by him that I would also recommend.

I know you said Fiction, but there is a non-fiction book that reads like a fiction book that is a great read.

It's called "Born to Run". I've recommended it to a bunch of people, none of whom are runners, and they have all loved it.

If you wanna get with the prevailing wind, go with Cormac McCarthy's The Road. It's a spectacular and engaging read. Quick, too. The movie's out now, and it nails the mood and the look of the book while taking very few liberties.