I love George Elliot, the female novelist. She has a brillant style of writing with Christian themes threaded in although she did not write Christian novels. So purely from an appreciation of writing style and ability to express and use words, I think George Elliot rules, but if you ask what my favorite books are they tend to be Christian biographies which usually are not as eloquently or well written as what Elliot could do. However, if someone just has no talent in writing but has a great story, I generally can`t get through the book. Although I`m not a good writer, I deeply appreciate and enjoy good writing skills much like someone who can`t play a musical instrument but deeply appreciates fine, top quality classical music. So I read not only content but I soak up the style and technique of writing as well which is probably why I love the KJV. It is just beautifully expressed and written!!!
The latest book I read was Henry David Thoreau`s "Civil Disobedience" which I found the author to be rather stubborn on some points but other points he made good arguments, but most impressively I found the very things he was complaining about the government in the 1800`s were the SAME things people complain about today. So I realized things haven`t changed that much in American politics or the heart of politicians.