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Well, you ignored my last recommendations, but I will try again! :)

All time favourite book is, I think, the Poisonwood Bible. Just so well written. Beautiful characterisation. Plus it's long, as requested!

"Watching the English" is fun, since you said you were an Anglophile. It's non fiction but it's easy to read, her style is great.

I loved "then they came to the end", and Joshua Ferris has just brought out a new one called "the unnamed" which is on my list. It's about the workplace though, so you might not want that on holiday. An easy, absorbing read.

I assume you've already read Obama's books?

Just finishing "The Corrections" - mostly a pleasure to read, with lots of interesting, wry insights on American culture, and it's definitely long!! Great writing in places.

Oh, and also recommended, for the journey, if you are this kind of person, "So You Think You Can Spell?: Killer Quizzes for the Incurably Competitive and Overly Confident". Fun! :)

Also, when are you going on holiday? Because I can always try and get you a first draft by then if it's not too soon and you fancy doing some reviewing!!

I'm a big fan of Susan Elizabeth Phillips for fluff.

Wasting *time* with Jodi Picoult? This is a *literary endeavor*! Maybe next time we should liveblog an Ishiguro just to show we have Depth and Culture. ;-) (Somehow I think that would be a lot less effective as a vehicle for snark, though.)

Um, books to read on vacation. I think we've passed recommendations back and forth so many times that you've pretty much already heard all of mine. :) Have fun! What a delightful problem to have.

I can recommend Michael Frayn as well (might not fit all your criteria,lol) as The Crimson Petal and the White by Michael Faber. Also I recently read Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon was a delight to read. Any book by Douglas Kennedy makes for a good holiday read while being engrossing! Good luck. Can't wait to see what you choose!

We don't allow books in Texas, they are banned.