Just a List of Books I Like, Part I; Tell me Yours

Today I give you Part I of my list of books I really, really like-- just like the title tells you. There is no particular reasoning to the ordering of this list. I look forward to comments.

1. Lamb by Christopher Moore   In this book, we learn about Jesus's missing years. What was he doing all those years? Well, according to Mr. Moore, he was travelling with his friend Bif in search of the three wise men who visited him at his birth. He hopes they will tell him what God has in mind for him since God won't give him a straight answer.
2. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte   Everyone is familiar with this Gothic tale but as my family knows from having to listen to my diatribes, most people do not appear to get what Ms. Bronte was trying to get across in this book. Jane is the anti-heroine, having nothing in common with any of those shrinking violets of her time. She is not very nice to my Mr. Rochester and even at the end she plays mean psychological games with him. Great book.
3. When will There be Good News ? by Kate Atkinson  The third of her books to feature Jackson Brodie. I just love how she brings together the three seemingly unrelated characters and their stories. She does this with great storytelling and characters.What's it about? Well, hard to say but it fits into mystery/literature.  Case Histories and One Good Turn  are excellent as well.
4. The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan A young couple from England are on holiday in an unnamed city somewhere in Europe, most likely Italy. While lost, they meet up with Robert who eventually brings them to his bar and later offers them friendship. They wake up naked  in what they eventually find out is the home he shares with his wife, Caroline. Instead of thinking there is something really fishy going on, they get drawn into the sadistic nature of Robert and Caroline. Their passivity really pisses me off and that is why this is a favorite of mine.
5. Misery by Stephen King One of the few books I have liked by him and what makes it so scary is that it is so believable. Annie Wilkes saves her favorite author--Paul Sheldon-- after he crashes his car. Instead of bringing him to a hospital, she decides to nurse him at her home. He is the writer of a series of books featuring the heroine named Misery. She is unhappy that he has decided to kill her off and insists that he write a new book that brings her back to life. Through the process, she does all kinds of sadistic things to him while he comes back to life by finding his long lost joy for writing.