Below are five favourites of mine. I could name many more.
1). Emma - Jane Austen
2). Little Women - Louisa May Alcott. (In my opinion the best American novel).
3). The Lantern Bearers - Rosemary Sutcliff
4). Arthur High King Of The Britons - Michael Morpurgo
5). Changeover - Margret Mahy
Except the Dickens book was 'Cobbler's Dream'. Brain not engaged ;)
I love -
'The Stonor Eagles' by William Horwood
'Reflex' by Dick Francis
'Sharpe's Havoc' by Bernard Cornwell
'Fiddler's Dream' by Monica Dickens
'Mutiny on the Bounty' by John Boyne
I would have to read Dear Fatty by the lovely Dawn French.