Some of my favorite books:

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Out Of The Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth by Jules Verne
Perelandra by C.S. Lewis
The Waste Land And Other Writings by T.S. Eliot
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Anne Of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
The Voyages Of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
The Voyage Of The 'Dawn Treader' by C.S. Lewis
The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Essential Rumi translated by Coleman Barks
Cut by Patricia McCormick
Bridge To Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden

Manga List:

Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori
Voices Of A Distant Star (Hoshi No Koe) by Mizu Sahara
Pieta by Nanae Haruno
Full Moon by Arina Tanemura