Faction and fiction - some of my absolute favorites:

Bengtsson Frans G; Röde Orm

Bryson, Bill; Neither here nor there, Mother Tongue, A Short Story of Nearly Everything, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

Ballard, J.G.; Empire of the Sun

Coetzee, J.M; Elizabeth Costello,

Fry, Stephen; Paperweight

Grey, Anthony; Peking, Saigon

Ishiguro, Kazuo; When we were Orphans

Kneale, Matthew; English Passengers

Kjaerstad, Jan; Erövraren, Förföraren

Lewis, Michael; Liars Poker

Lewycka, Marina; A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian - Saga Award for Wit 2005

Lindgren, Torgny; Pölsan

Lundell, Ulf; Jack

Lodge, David; Nice Work, Small World and many more

Lurie Alison; Foreign Affairs

Mitchell, David; Cloud Atlas

Morris,Jan; A Writers World

Naipaul, V.S.; Magic Seeds

Niemi, Mikael; Populärmusik från Vittula

Roberts, Gregory, David; Shantaram

Robinson, Marilynne; Gilead

Roy, Arundhati; The God of Small Things

Theroux, Paul; Dark Star Safari

Townsend Sue; The Queen and I

Tunström Göran; Berömda män som varit i Sunne

Wolfe, Tom; The Bonfires of Vanities and many more

Updike, John; Villages