《围城》钱钟书 <Fortress Besieged > Ch'ien Chung-shu it's a wonderful and wise book, but perhaps not easy to understand, which depends on your chinese

I suggest you'd better choose some english novels which are familiar to you and also have chinese version. Read the chinese version at beginning. I think it's helpful for your understanding. Then you can choose some short novel to read. If your level is high, ignore the above. I recommend a female writer named 三毛, her works are very attactive.

《顾城诗集》

朱自清：《朱自清文选》 文章类型：散文 散文（prose;essay）是与诗歌、小说、戏剧并称的一种文学体裁，指不讲究韵律的散体文章，包括杂文、随笔、游记等。是最自由的文体，不讲究音韵，不讲究排比，没有任何的束缚及限制，也是中国最早出现的行文体例。通常一篇散文具有一个或多个中心思想，以抒情、记叙、论理等方式表达。 It's like a diary or an essay and written freely without any constraints, close to normal conversation but a little bit more formal than conversation. It tells some experiences or express some idea or some impression of the writer. online reading: http://www.360doc.com/content/10/0107/10/258492_12871306.shtml Here is a small section from that book: 欧游杂记 柏林 　　柏林的街道宽大，干净，伦敦巴黎都赶不上的；又因为不景气，来往的车辆也 显得稀些。在这儿走路，尽可以从容自在地呼吸空气，不用张张望望躲躲闪闪。找 路也顶容易，因为街道大概是纵横交切，少有“旁逸斜出”的。最大最阔的一条叫 菩提树下，柏林大学，国家图书馆，新国家画院，国家歌剧院都在这条街上。东头 接着博物院洲，大教堂，故宫；西边到著名的勃朗登堡门为止，长不到二里。过了 那座门便是梯尔园，街道还是直伸下去——这一下可长了，三十七八里。勃朗登堡 门和巴黎凯旋门一样，也是纪功的。建筑在十八世纪末年，有点仿雅典奈昔克里司 门的式样。高六十六英尺，宽六十八码半；两边各有六根多力克式石柱子。顶上是 站在驷马车里的胜利神像，雄伟庄严，表现出德意志国都的神采。那神像在一八零 七年被拿破仑当作胜利品带走，但七年后便又让德国的队伍带回来了。 Inside an essay called 背影 is known to every educated Chinese, because it is an essay in the school book. If I don't forget, it should be in the Chinese textbook in junior middle school.

《穆斯林的葬礼》 霍达 this is the book i just finished reading. and i think it good. but it may be hard to read, for it has a lot of specific words describing jades. 《亲爱的安德烈》 龙应台 is easier and more closely related to our life. hope this is helpful to you^ ^