The Passage by Justin Cronin (I didn't care for the second book in the series, though)
Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls
Pirate Lattitudes by Michael Crichton
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay (my new favorite author and book!)
Young adult
The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins Graceling, Fire, and Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
The Stepsister Scheme Trilogy by Jim Hines
Broken Lands by Kate Milford The Clockwork Three and Icefall by Matthew Kirby 
