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Currently I'm reading "White Tiger" which is great! What are some of your all-time favorites? Some of mine:

The Corrections
Shadow of the Wind
Birth of Venus
Confederacy of Dunces
all the Jane Austin books
Naguib Mafouz "Palace Walk"series
Wild Swans

My fav. authors: Austen, Dickens and I love the intensity of Thomas Hardy.

My favorite is "The Awakening" Kate Chopin

Here are some all-time favourites from my Canadian shelf:

Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
Bonnie Burnard, A Good House
Sharon Butala, The Perfection of the Morning
Robertson Davies, Fifth Business
Timothy Findley, You Went Away
Barbara Gowdy, Mister Sandman
Margaret Laurence, The Diviners
Alistair MacLeod, No Great Mischief
Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
Alice Munro, The Moons of Jupiter
Mordecai Richler, Solomon Gursky was Here
Carol Shields, The Republic of Love
Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Englishman's Boy
Rudy Wiebe, A Discovery of Strangers

(My list would be way too long if I put selections from my English, Commonwealth, and American favourites on here, too! Though I think I can't resist adding two of my American favourites here:
Wallace Stegner, Crossing to Safety
Ivan Doig, The Whistling Season [an excellent book for gifties!])

Happy reading!

peace
minnie

PS Edited to add: Hmm, I assumed your friend is an adult; I hope that's right! Some of these books have adult themes/language.