Went to my local library and scored a few Georgette Heyer novels (2 mystery, the other romance). Um...I had no idea she also wrote mysteries! Word!
I've got almost everything historical fiction written by Mary Renault on its way to me. Thus expanding from The Last of the Wine to new visions of ancient Greece.
Just finished Jack Campbell's Dragons of Dorcastle. The fellow knows how to serve up an adventure tale. It's a bit by-the-numbers, but solid writing and clever ideas carried the day for me. Definitely a cut above other fantasy I've read lately.
I've learned a lot as a writer by reading widely, across genres.
Currently, I'm reading Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses. Its a period piece about two young cowboys coming of age in 1949.
I love his descriptions of setting. McCarthy is also great at pulling you in slowly and making you care about that characters.That’s in my to-read stack.