Books please?

I've added three reviews to my book-community thej2bee:

Manneken Pis: A Simple Story Of A Boy Who Peed On A War - Vladimir Radunsky

Stimmy of Het Oerwoud In De Stad - Daan Remmerts de Vries & Philip Hopman

The Adventuress - Audrey Niffenegger

I'm hoping to post more reviews soon; I have a couple written in Dutch already, I plan to translate those this week. Luckily my bookpile is gone, so I have time;)
But even though I still have tons of fiction from the spn_cinema challenge to read while the spn_j2_bigbang stories are already pouring in, I still would like to hear BOOKRECOMMENDATIONS! So, tell me:
- what was your favorite book this year/of all time?
- what author should I try / read more of?

You can get an idea of my eclectic taste from my crossed out readinglist!