Just finished re-reading Farenheit 451 - how I love Ray Bradbury's writing! Any of his books are good.
I've read LOTR 6 or 7 times - guess I like it.
Edgar Rice Burroughs - Tarzan. The next book is good also. There are many more but it depends on your tastes.
Read Percy Jackson and the Olympians - all five books. Don't laugh - children's books can be nice as a change of pace. The movie is geared to adults though and very good IMHO. Uma Thurman's in it...
Greg Iles is a good author.
But the real winner is - Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. Just finished it.1985 Hugo/Nebula Award winner. If you go to Wikipedia do not read it all the way to the end as the ending is (and should be) a surprise. Six year old Ender is taken to be trained (think Hitman) as a Supreme commander against the Buggers (think Starship Troopers) who have attacked Earth twice with Earth barely surviving. The forward written by the author references military man, educators and whiz kids that have commented on how this book has helped them. I am reading the followup book Ender's Shadow (opening chapters in Rotterdam). A great look into strategy and power (and bullies
). I've got three folks on line to read these after me.