I will add to this list as I remember and read other good books. I am always looking for suggestions too.
"Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
"These Is My Words" by Nancy Turner
"Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
"The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
"The Guernsey Literary and Potatoe Peel Pie Society: A Novel" by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
"A Dog's Purpose: A Novel for Humans" by W. Bruce Cameron
"The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
"The Book Thief" by By Markus Zusak
"The Princess Bride" by William Goldman