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How about this amazing read: Giants in the Earth: a Saga of the Prairie by O.E. Rolvaag. It's about city folks who head to the Dakota territory,their arduous journey, and the psychological effect of early prairie life. Rolvaag's writing is very visceral and it was a totally engrossing and fascinating read. The characters he created are so real that you feel like you're right there with them.
Or, maybe check out this amazing non-fiction book: The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat: and other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks (professor of clinical neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine). It's filled with the stories of people who are afflicted with strange neurological disorders and describes each patient's unique way of coping and adapting.
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