My top five books are
About Face by David H. Hackworth (biography/war)
Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky brothers (sci-fi/paranormal)
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein (sci-fi/adventure)
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell (fiction/historical/adventure)
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (fiction/historical/romance)
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