Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

The Letter by Somerset Maugham

Supreme short stories set in the tropics and reread in the tropics.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

Not as good as I would have hoped -- the linguistic tricks are what I think about on a day-to-day basis and not particularly as hilarious as others might think them to be.

My Man Jeeves by PG Wodehouse

Amusing and as one would expect a Wodehouse to be.

This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Islam: The Straight Path by John Esposito