Can anyone suggest a book for me to read?

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.

It seems that you like modern classics by excellent writers. This one will definitely hit the spot!

"love in the times of cholera"-Gabriel Garcia Marquez

"the Great Gatsby" F. Scott Fitzgerald

If you like Douglas Adams, you'll like Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs. He's a bit more graphic and his books have more...mature themes, I suppose. But the type of satirical humor is the same.

If you like Gabriel Garcia Marquez, you might try Isabel Allende, who does similar work in magic realism and storytelling of that nature.

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith it's one of my favorite

Diary of Anne Frank.

"Real Magic - Creating Miracles in Everyday Life" by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

It's a self improvement book through positive thinking and meditation. ..)(

I recommend Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer. I recently finished reading it and found it fascinating.

Try this:

"The Name of the Rose"

by Umberto Eco