I need college level reading material (novels). Pretty much any genre?

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, 1984 by George Orwell, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Even though I'm really into films, nothing beats a good book.

You'd probably enjoy "The Magus" by John Fowles. Rumor has it that his book is based on something that was orchestrated by a group of Europe's artistic elites, that included Picasso and Jean Cocteau.

"Siddhartha" by Herman Hesse is a brilliant read. One of the best writers of the 20th Century. I'd recommend any of his books.

Check out Columbia Universities Literature Humanities, http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/lithum They'll provide you with an extensive list that includes works from Augustine’s Confessions to Montaigne’s Essays and Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse.

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In GENERAL FICTION, here are some I (Fittings Doc) would recommend:

"The Firm" (1991 / 432 pages) by John Grisham (my favorite book)

A new young lawyer discovers that his firm represents the MOB, the partners have "eliminated" other lawyers at "The Firm" and he is being pressured by the FBI to reveal information that would end his legal career!

The movie did not do it justice, and sitting atop the NY Times best seller list for as long as it did attests to its popularity. It is fast pace, in depth character development, and focus are trademarks of Grisham's works.

"The Rainmaker" (1995 / 434 pages) by John Grisham

The story of a new lawyer, fighting for a poor young man dying from leukemia, due to the greed/fraud of an Insurance company.

Also a much better book than a movie.

“The Name of the Rose” (1983 / 512 pages) by Umberto Eco

An intellectual mystery set in an Italian monastery in the year 1327.

“The Da Vinci Code” (2003 / 489 pages) by Dan Brown

In SCIENCE FICTION, here are some I (Fittings Doc) would recommend:

"The Left Hand of Darkness" (1969) by Ursula K. Le Guin CLASSIC

(won the Hugo Award 1970)

"Foundation" (1951) by Issac Asimov CLASSIC

(the first book of the "Foundation Series")

Postulates the societal change, which would accompany the expansion into the stars.

The seiries won the one-time Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series" in 1966.

(One of the other books in the series also won a Hugo Award.)

“Dune” (1965) by Frank Herbert CLASSIC

(the first book of the “Dune Series)

(Won the Hugo and Nebula Awards.)

"On Basilisk Station” (1993 / 448 pages) by David Weber

(the first book in the "Honor Harrington" series)

This Space Navy series has FEMALE lead character. Beyond the Technology of the spacecraft and weapons, the story revolves around interpersonal relationships with which you will be able to identify.

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"Warriors Apprentice" (1986) by Lois McMaster Bujold

(the first book of "The Vorkosigan Saga")

After being genetically "damaged" by a bio weapon in his mother's womb, Miles Vorkosigan overcomes prejudice to claim his birthright.

(FOUR other books in the series Won Hugo Awards.)

"The Cross Time Engineer" (1993) by Leo Frankowski

(first book of the "Cross Time Engineer" / "Conrad Stargard" series)

Twentieth-century Polish-American engineer Conrad Schwartz is accidentally and mysteriously dumped in thirteenth-century Poland. (Just before the Mongol invasion of 1241.)

This was an eye opening look at how technology could transform a society, and gave some very good descriptions of simple improvements that lead to our own industrial revolution.

I guess you can tell I loved these books.