For me, currently, it is Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors. There is a lot of hate about this book. I don’t know why, the book for me is awesome. First few pages and I’m already hooked. Some chapters got me guessing on the relevance of it in the story but it all made sense at the end. Though it’s a debut novel by Mellors and some writing needs to be improved. Looking forward for her future books.
“Wanderer” by Sterling Hayden. His recounting of his early days on sailing ships is some of the best nautical writing ever. He had his faults, to be sure, like naming names at HUAC and whining about how much money he was making for acting as compared to his sailing days. But when he wrote about life before the mast and his stint as the ship’s master, you soon forgot all about it. I’ve read it twice, possibly three times, but I’d definitely like to read it again for the first time.