I love all Jane Austin's book. An old lady once told me that if I wanted to know what was going on in the world that I should read Taylor Caldwell's Captains and the Kings. The introduction is better than the book but the book is very good and I enjoyed reading it. Another book by Caldwell called The Devil's Advocate is also very good. Of course as difficult as they are to read Ayn Rand's books a very popular. I read Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Definitely worth reading.
These are great suggestions! I will look then up!