Wow, thanks for all the good recommendations. I went to get The Road. Hope it won't be too depressing
I'll look into all the other excellent suggestions.
My literary tastes are rather underdeveloped. I've been restricting myself too much. I have have evolved over the years, but my literary tastes have not followed suit. Now I am at the point where I crave good books, and I find it difficult to put up with badly written books, whereas when I was younger, I didn't even notice. I think at this point quality is more important than subject. But I will probably always have a weakness for fantasy and sci fi.