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Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Persuasion. They're clever and the characters feel very real.
Walden. I've always found this very inspiring.
Les Miserables and A Tale of Two Cities. I love books set during this general period of time - the French Revolution and the time following it (Les Mis is set about 15 or so years later.) I found myself very drawn into both of these novels and had a hard time putting them down.
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. I talked about how much I liked A Tale of Two Cities here, and someone said if I like Dickens, I'd like Gaskell, and that was certainly true. It isn't just a love story - it has this whole theme of labor and the plight of working people in it that I found fascinating.
The Wind In the Willows. This is probably my favorite children's book, and then I read it aloud to one of my kids and I loved it even more after I read it aloud. I think it's a book that sounds wonderful spoken.
I have picked up this book mentioned above - Vera. Rebecca is a favorite of mine.
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