That will depend on the specific kind of literary experience (e.g. personal discovery, private amusement) that you happen to be seeking; which genre (e.g. romance, history, adventure, etc.) are you mostly drawn to? Personally, I enjoy classic literature (works prior to the 20th century, for my definition) that tends to explore aspects related to the "human spirit" (not so much the trivial, like "love", nor the banal--like society). I tend to stay away from Victorian novels--although for pure language learning purposes, you may want to look into a few of those here and there. Sorry, as I'm not overly familiar with contemporary (i.e. post-20th) authors/works--I can't be of much assistance there as far as recommendation goes. A really good website to look into would be: http://www.online-literature.com/ It contain all major works from major authors (to date).

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I would suggest "Eat, pray, love" by Elizabeth Gilbert. It is not, actually, English but American literature. Anyway, the language is very beautiful and understandable. And the story itself is very interesting. As for me, I like it very much.