C.W. Gortner's "The Secret Lion" was a splendid read! I'm not a fan of Tudor novels (my period is anything before 1485) but Gortner's Spymaster Chronicles is going to be as entertaining and riveting as Cornwell's "Sharpe" series, I think once he gets the other booksdone. His characters are real, the dialogue real, and the intrigues, the life of courtier during this often-neglected period of Tudor history, is compelling. Go for it!
 

I just read Pompeii by Robert Harris which I thought was an excellent page-turner. Kept me going on a long flight anyhow! And you learn a lot about volcanoes and Roman plumbing. :)
 

I'm re-reading the Dresden Files (Jim Butcher) so I guess the last thing I read was Storm Front, the first book. It probably says something about me that I'll read any genre so long as I like the writer's voice - style over substance, you might say ;) . Otherwise I might not have been interested in a series about a wiseass Chicago wizard who spends most of his time getting beaten up by werewolves and the like. But Harry Dresden is such an interesting character, and a great narrator (helped, I'm sure, by Jim) that I'm on my second read-through, and have bought the first two audiobooks for my US flights this summer. Doesn't hurt that they're read by an actor I adore, either ;)
 

I'm currently reading A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewicka. It's very enjoyable in a silly/ humourous way, and would certainly recommend it to anyone with any kind of eastern european background/ experience.
 

George RR Martin's The Hedge Knight, Ok it's a short story and in graphic novel format but I don't have the anthology with the original and I'm excited cos his new book is coming out soon! Besides, there are so many books to read that it's hard to pick just one!