I am Legend by Richard Matheson. It's a much better book than either of the movie adaptations. 

Philip Pulmans subtle knife trilogy was very good but been adapted to film and tv (but not very well)

The Discourses of Epictetus

@mahinken

good shout, great book.

also, if you're into dark stories, you should read mythos by Stephen Fry, it's a modern telling of some of the greeky mythological stories and is a fascinating read.

Anything by Michael connolly, the Amazon series Bosch, the Lincoln Lawyer with Matthew McConnaghy and Bloodwork with Clint Eastwood are all based on his books

Zebedee I will look it up thank you for the suggestion.

so today's book is 

The Art of Communicating by Thich Nhat Hanh

The Art of Communicating

The full Eragon series, awesome books.

Chronicle of A Death Foretold

oooh yes

some real goodies there.

personally, I don't think Dickens has ever been surpassed.  always some darkness in his books.

i like the "the Alliance Vampires" by Heather Graham it a series

Harry potter series of books. I love the films too but not as much as reading

Jean M. Auel.

Earth Children Series

This whole series has actual archaeological sites and  human developmental history throughout.  It depicts the different ways societies grow and evolve and even the conflict that happens between different societies and cultures. It follows one woman through her life and her interactions with nature and other humans. 

That sounds much too high brow for me. I prefer books where the female characters have an attitude of "if you don't feed me, fuck me, or finance me I don't give a shit what you think about me". Those are the type of stories I want to read. 

I just finished reading the Soul Rider series by Jack L. Chalker. Good scifi if you're into it.

My favorite book series is called the Demon Cycle. The first book, which was a random find and I'm glad for it, is called the Warded Man. It's a great book.

I really enjoy The Dark Tower books by Stephen King, I've read 3 so far :)