Favourites are discussed here here, and here.
And also the final piece of the puzzle.
After spending all that time reading, I even gave some back and wrote a novel, ‘Children of the Rockies’, which you can get here. A novelist friend of mine actually read this and said it was good, if you are interested in fiction that is driven by imagination and a love of life, without literary rules or trends you may enjoy it.
Sean van der Lee 