>>8 I loved The Alchemist! Coelho's works are amazing.
Some of my all-time favorites are the plays of Oscar Wilde, especially The importance of beimg Earnest and The fan of lady Windermere. Some of Sartre's novels and plays, I'd recommend Nekrassov and The Nausea.
If you want to read something different try any of the Papelucho books by Marcela Paz, some good ones are Papelucho and the martian or Papelucho in the clinic, they're short histories for children but still fun to read.
Quick summary of each one:
The importance of being Earnest : Algernon (yeah I know) and John are two friends who fall in love with John's protegee and Algie's cousin respectively, to conquer their love interests they both change their name to Earnest.
Nekrassov: A "thief" called De Valera convinces a entire country he's Nekrassov to expose the Kravchenko case, but instead almost goes mad with power.
The fan of lady Windermere : Lady windermere isn't quite convinced she loves her husband anymore. In a party she loses her fan and a series of misunderstandings begin.
The Nausea : A man starts writing a diary to find his "spark" again. Now even simple things like his apartment's doorknob or touching a rock gives him a sense of dread and he can't explain why.
Papelucho and the martian : Papelucho feels alone but suddenly a voice starts talking to him, it was a tiny martian who wanted to be his friend.
Papelucho in the clinic: Papelucho's friend was scared of getting operated of appendicitis so Papelucho goes instead, he gets in the operation by mistake. Hours later he wakes up without is appendix, hilarity ensues.
