These are all extraordinary and well written books to try:

ROMANCES:

Rebecca (Paperback) by Daphne Du Maurier
http://www.amazon.com/Rebecca-Daphne-Du-Maurier/dp/0380730405/
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Mistress of Mellyn (Paperback) by Victoria Holt
http://www.amazon.com/Mistress-Mellyn-Victoria-Holt/dp/0312384157/
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Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset Penguin Deluxe Edition (full trilogy)
paperback: 1168 pages (you will not want to miss a page)
Tiina Nunnally has returned a masterpiece of Scandinavian literature to the English bookshelf.
http://www.amazon.com/Kristin-Lavransdatter-Penguin-Classics-Deluxe/dp/0143039164/

Lavinia (Hardcover) by Ursula K. Le Guin (Author)
Review: "This is the by far the best book I have read so far in 2008. It has lovely prose, and filled with intelligent writing and levels upon levels of meaning."
http://www.amazon.com/Lavinia-Ursula-K-Guin/dp/0151014248/

Airs Above the Ground Mary Stewart
Review
"From opening to finale, this zestful romantic adventure grips, amuses, frightens and delights"
http://www.amazon.com/Airs-Above-Ground-Mary-Stewart/dp/006074748X/
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FANTASY OR SCIENCE FICTION:

Hour of the Rose (Draycott Abbey Novels) (Mass Market Paperback) by Christina Skye
Review: "Christina skye writes the best books. if you are looking for unusal supernatural aspects with romance-grab this book!"
http://www.amazon.com/Hour-Rose-Draycott-Abbey-Novels/dp/0380773856/

A Wrinkle in Time (Paperback) by Madeleine L'Engle
"First Sentence:
The most memorable books from our childhoods are those that make us feel less alone, convince us that our own foibles and quirks are both as individual as a fingerprint and as universal as an open hand."
http://www.amazon.com/Wrinkle-Time-Madeleine-LEngle/dp/0312367546/

The Great Dune Trilogy: "Dune", "Dune Messiah", "Children of Dune" Frank Herbert
"It won the first Nebula award and shared a Hugo award, and it has been the best selling SF book of all times. Dune, Dune messiah and Children of Dune, the 3 books originally written, tells the dazzling story of an honorable family that tries to keep up in a rat race full of betrayal, trust, heroism and sensitivity. As you will discover, the story is not just playing out in your book, it is everywhere. But while the story never pretends to need a new environment, Frank Herbert brilliantly brings an exciting but very dangerous universe convincingly to life, several thousands years into the future. Taking a step back after reading, anyone will agree that Herbert was a visionary with a delicate taste for symbolism and a way with metaphors that has been unparalleled so far. Dune will lock you into your chair for days, if not weeks, and reading it again becomes a promise much rather than an option."
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Dune-Trilogy-Children-GollanczF/dp/0575070706/

The Stardance Trilogy omnibus of Stardance, Starseed and Starmind (Hardcover)
by Spider Robinson (Author), Jeanne Robinson (Author)
Review: ""This is what it is to be human....,"
http://www.amazon.com/Stardance-Trilogy-omnibus-Starseed-Starmind/dp/1416520821/
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