I'm reading The Whistling Woman, a novel by A. S. Byatt. I've really enjoyed her other books.
I've read about the book Why French Women Don't Get Fat. It sounds great.
I haven't read Memoirs of a Geisha yet but I have it. I have a desk full of about 30 books that I've bought and haven't read yet. I am a TOTAL bookworm and have been since BEFORE I could read. (My mom caught me fooling the neighborhood kids into thinking I could read at age 3 by following along the nursery rhymes with my finger and reciting them from memory!)
I loved Poisonwood Bible too and all of Barbara Kingsolver's books.
The best book of literary fiction I've read in the past few years is The Girl With A Pearl Earring. I haven't seen the movie but a co-worker told me I'll love it.