"The Poisonwood Bible" was SO good! Rarely have I cried so much because of a book: but it was good crying!
Right now I'm reading Isabel Allende's "House of the Spirits". It's also really good. I ended up hating the husband, but kept reading and he had all the bones in his body broken. He, he.
One of the better books that I've read in a long time is "A Prayer for Owen Meany". Just had to throw that in there, too.