Books to read for a beginner?

Just graduated college so now i got time to read. Last novel i read was in high school so its been a while. Any suggestions for any good books i can read? im 22 just starting my journey through life...Books to read for a beginner?
East of Eden by Steinbeck


The Remains of the Day


Midnight's Children- Salman Rushdie


Blood Meridian-Cormack McCarthy


American Gods-Neil GaimanBooks to read for a beginner?
(faves- not in any spec. order)


Twilight by Stephenie Meyer


Pirates! By Celia Rees


Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier


Uglies by Scott Westerfeld


Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson


Ender鈥檚 Game by Orson Scott Card


Heir Apparent by Vivian Van Velde


The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver


Angela鈥檚 Ashes by Frank McCourt


Martin the Warrior by Brian Jacques


Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand


A Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy


Shogun by James Clavel


Desiree by Anya Seton


The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas


Left Behind by Jenkins/LaHaye


The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien


The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis


The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan





Note: I'm a girl so some of my choices are biased ^_^


be sure to look them up on wiki or borders.com before purchasing any to make sure its within you're interest





hope you find something to your liking ^_^
';Freakonomics,'; S. Levitt.





';Expecting Adam,'; Martha Beck.





';Hidden Camera,'; Zoran Zivkovic.





';The Masters and Their Retreats,'; Mark Prophet.





';The Great Divorce,'; C. S. Lewis.





';A Wrinkle in Time'; series, Madeline L'Engle.





';The Neverending Story,'; Michael Ende.





';Stranger in a Strange Land,'; Robert Heinlein.





';Animal Farm,'; George Orwell.





';The Long Walk,'; Slavomir Rawicz.





';The Little Prince,'; Saint Exupery.





';Autobiography of a Yogi,'; Yogananda.





';Watch Your Dreams,'; Ann Ree Colton.





';Testimony of Light,'; Helen Greaves.





';Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians,'; Brandon Sanderson.





';In a Sunburned Country,'; Bill Bryson.





';Stay Alive, My Son,'; Pin Yathay.





';Man, Master of His Destiny,'; O. M. Aivanhov.





';Red Cocaine,'; Dr. Joseph Douglass.





';When Invisible Children Sing,'; Chi Cheng Huang, M.D.





';The Master of Lucid Dreams,'; Dr. Olga Kharitidi.





';Wisdom of the Ages,'; Wayne Dyer.





';Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations,'; David Warsh.





';The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce?';, Free and Wilcock, http://www.divinecosmos.com





';Liberal Fascism,'; Jonah Goldberg.





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Screwptape Letter by C.S. Lewis





Kite Runner by Kaled





His Dark Materials (The golden Compass, Subtle Knife, Amber Spyglass) by Phillip Pullman





Enders Game by Orson Scott Card (absolutely hated Sci Fi untill I had to read this one for a Lit class. I love it now! The book that is.)
Sophie's World


by Jostein Gaarder.





It's a book about Philosophy. It is a very good book because of the twist it has in the middle part of the stroy. Very interesting.
I recommend Catch-22. It's a classic, and very funny. It's one of my favorites.
Anything by Neil Gaiman, Tom Robbins, or Kurt Vonnegut.
A Fine Balance - by Rohinton Mistry
American Gods - Neil Gaiman