Best recent book I've read is The Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore. Best by far.
Everybody loves Michael Chabon. I haven't read any of his books available as ebooks so I can't make a specific recommendation, but you can hardly go wrong here.
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, historical fiction, controversial view of the English Reformation.
Annie Proulx, The Shipping News, a novel. Close Range, her best book of short stories. Also That Old Ace in the Hole, a humorous Western.
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