Most recently:
The Help by Katherine Stockett
These is My Words by Nancy Turner
Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls
Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo and currently reading
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
My favorite book is Thirteen Moons by Charles Frasier, which I have read 3 times. I love his use of language in this book.
I love historical novels, as most of these are.