I don't read much fiction but when I do I love Ruth Rendell-fav is"An Unkindness of Ravens". Also Paul Theroux- "London Embassy" and "The Consul's File" which are collections of short stories

They're a bit old, and probably out of print, but anything by John Masters is brilliant for a bit of atmosphere and adventure. Check out second-hand bookshops.

Also try Daphne du Maurier, and don't go in with too many preconceptions. She somehow got lumbered with a reputation for romance novels, but she actually wrote The Birds (made into a film by Alfred Hitchcock). My favourites are Jamaica Inn and The House on the Strand.

If you want something to keep you going for a while I really recommend The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas.) Not what I expected at all, really gripping stuff. I was so impressed, I followed it with The Three Musketeers, which is great fun, but not quite as slick.

If you like thrillers, make sure you've worked through John le Carre's back catalogue - The Spy who Came in from the Cold is a good place to start. And if you've never read The Catcher in the Rye (J. D Salinger), To Kill a
Mockingbird (Harper Lee) and Lord of the Flies (William Golding), then get started now!

ETA - Do you like Sci Fi? If so, then John Windham's stuff is a must. My favourite is The Crysalids.

John Grisham always very readable and as somebody else quoted James Patterson, Dan Brown Da Vinci Code and Digital Fortress and I also like Jodi Picoults books The Pact and Salem Falls.

Halfway through 'The Partner' at the moment.

anything by wilbur smih
anything by david gemmell
and if you've got a bit of a worped mind try some terry pratchet

Have just got River God and Warlock by Wilbur Smith. They are prequel and sequel to The Seventh Scroll.

every birthday, fathers day and christmas, my father would get a wilbur smith book ,and i get to read them after him . we think he has them all now going back to the late 60s. he must have 20 to 30 and some of the earlier ones are the best

The book I'm reading at the moment is MARLEY and ME by John Grogan
It's about a man and his Lab. From puppy to grown up and all things in between

Oh I've seen that one in WH Smiths - it has a picture of the puppy on the front cover doesn't it - is it good?

That's the one Foxy and it's very good