I asked some of you for book recommendations

And here they are. Additions are welcome and invited!

EVITA's:
Geek Love, Kathleen Dunn
Secret History, Donna Tartt
The Boys of my Youth, Jo Ann Beard (a book of essays, my absolute fave)
A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole
A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving
Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggars
Rachel Papers - Martin Amis
The Talisman - Stephen King
Time Traveler’s Wife
Anything by David Sedaris
Catcher in the Rye
To Kill a Mockingbird

Recently read and liked:
The Road, Cormack McCarthy
Zoology, Ben Dolnick
Truth and Beauty, Ann Patchett

EVELYN'S:
Off the top of my head, I really liked:
The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Moshin Hamid
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell (at least so far; I'm halfway through it, so I hope it stays as wonderful as it's been so far)
You Remind Me of Me by Dan Chaon
The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

MARY'S:
Stiff: the Secret Life of the Human Cadaver

KIM'S:
Ysabel by Guy Gabriel Kay

JUDY'S:
Anything by Christopher Moore. Really liked Practical Demon Keeping.

DIANE'S:
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
The Places In Between by Rory Stewart
The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
Run by Ann Patchett
Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie

Also notable:
Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda
The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

JENNY'S:
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Middlesex
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

CHRIS R'S:
Truman -- McCullough
To Kill a Mockingbird -- Lee
Lonesome Dove -- McMurtry
Anything in Chandler's Marlowe series
Anything in Donaldson's Thomas Covenant series
Black Hawk Down -- Bowden
Anything in Roberts' Milan Jacovich series
About Face -- Hackworth
Everyday Faith/Faith and You -- Pluto
April 1865 -- Winik
Good Enough to Dream -- Kahn
Grant -- Smith
Luckiest Man -- Eig

HAWKMAN'S:
The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
Red Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikrim Chandra
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
A Game of Thrones, A Storm of Swords, a Clash of Kings, and A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
Harry Potter
The Deverry books by Katherine Kerr
the Chronicles of Amber (the first 5 books) by Roger Zelazny

EALISH'S:
Oh it was the Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters! I am listening to some on CD right now. Victorian-era lady meets and marries a surly and sexy Egyptologist, solves crimes, and spoofs "gothic horror"/"comedy of manners"/"oriental adventure" novels along the way. And eventually they have a son who is my boyfriend. I love these books to death. It starts with "Crocodile on the Sandbank," or try the CDs: the narrator, Barbara Rosenblat, is awesome -- she does all the voices, and they actually sould like different people.

I still say you'd really like "Daughter of the Forest" by Juliet Marillier. It's so lyrical and evocative.

And "Sunshine" by Robin McKinley. Realistically creepy anti-Anne Rice vampires.

"Fire and Hemlock" by Diana Wynne Jones, a Tam Lin tale. (Or anything else by Diana Wynne Jones.) Or "Tam Lin" by Pamela Dean, set in a small college, with liberal Shakespeare and English-geeky references Or "Wicked Lovely" by somebody, with a heroine who is being menaced by a creepy otherworldy faery world that only she can see Tam Lin is popular.

ME
The only one I can think to add that others haven’t mentioned is The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. I’m not sure if it’s an all-time favorite, but it’s great to read, if you know what I mean.
Oh also
Song of Solomon – Toni Morrison
The Bean Trees and Pigs in Heaven – Barbara Kingsolver
Anything by Douglas Adams