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Message: [QUOTE="storrsroars, post: 5056667, member: 2500"] While I've read a lot of history and historical bios, I tend to favor fiction as I appreciate imagination, character development, and the ability to write compelling dialogue. I adored "A Prayer for Owen Meany" and rank that as the best Irving I've read. And while I've read plenty of spy/military thrillers from LaCarre, Clancy, Child, et.al., I love me a engaging story with quirky characters with humanity. Probably the one that sticks out is "The Accidental Tourist" by Anne Tyler. I would also recommend Tyler's "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant", with the caveat that I probably enjoyed it because of my interest at the time in opening a food business, but it is (to me) a brilliant portrayal of a really stubborn guy trying to hold on to what matters to him and simply not understanding why the world doesn't see things as he does. [/QUOTE]