What are some good books to read?

CHasing Harry Winston...I dont know if you are a girl but its a fun read from the author of the devil wears prada. It is an easy light read perfect for the summer!

if you like horror novels, i can't recommend richard laymon enough. i've never read a bad one of his. pick any book with his name on it off the shelf and you'll have a good time with it.

Modern History---Paul Johnson
The Shack-William P. Young
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Class-Paul Fussell
Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradberry
The China Study-T. Colin Campbell
Nickel and Dimed to Death -on (not) getting by in America-Barbara Ehrenreich
These are eye openers for different reasons, if you want escape that's a whole different ballgame....

the Tomorrow When The War Began series by John Marsden. There are 7 books in the series, and then a small series of 3 after them :)

Good is a subjective word,however,I could suggest at least one hundred books that in my considereded opinion,are essential to read for for many reasons.

I'm reading Charles Bukowski's "Women" -- crazy but good read.

A Thousand Splend Suns by Khaled Husseini. I also enjoyed When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris.

George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series if you want some entertaining *** fantasy crack.

Baal by Bertolt Brecht
Clockwork Orange
Howl's Moving Castle
A Curious Case of the Dog in the Nighttime

Books by Harlan Coben, Myron Bolitar series.
The Historian
Brandon Sanderson- Elantris
Veil of Roses

Good 'ol socrates1984, spot on, "good" is a subjective word. What are some good books to read begs the question; good for what? Do you want general enlightenment? According to S & G, the bathroom walls will suffice for that.

If you're looking for something wise but less smelly, I would suggest the visionary business management book titled, "Breakpoint & Beyond - Mastering the Future Today", by George Land and Beth Jarman While it is business orientated, it is an excellent roadmap to the future for people more generally. An excerpt;

"Connection. We are connected inexorably to one another. We are all part of an interconnected whole, and any energy we spend putting up walls is swimming upstream against nature, and is going to cost us in stress, pain and the quality of our lives. It is non-judgmental respect or "unconditional love" for all employees that allows organizations to make major strides in fulfilling their vision."
http://www.speaking.com/articles_html/GeorgeLand_526.html