What is the best book you have ever read by a male author and a female author?

[chaptazbru]

Mine is The Pursuit of Happiness by Douglas Kennedy

and

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton.

[emmie]

Lord of The Rings, i never tire of the entire saga.

[Kiki-frog]

The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
and
The Lollipop Shoes by Joanne Harris
(although I'll probably change my mind when I see other people's suggestions)

[DTCwordfan]

Herman Hesse, The Glass Bead Game, is stunning, particularly for the shock of the ending.

Rediscovering Hemingway and the delicousness of his descriptive prose......

[Kiki-frog]

Oh, I forgot LOTR! Can I change my mind? I knew this would happen....

[emmie]

Female - Vera Brittan, Testament of Youth.

[chaptazbru]

Some great answers, but must admit, not heard of all of those books!
Yes Kiki, you can change your mind.
Anyone like Martina Cole books ?

[chaptazbru]

DT - I love books wth shock endings or endings with a good twist.

[B00]

Mine's The Magician by Raymond E Fiest , read it over again every few years too.

[cupid04]

Shadow the sheepdog by Enid Blyton. It always gets me just there....

[Prudie]

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Only read on holiday these days, usually chiclit rubbish. Did read the Forgotten Garden about 2 years ago.

[craft1948]

Liked Martina Cole's first 2 books, not so keen on the ones that followed.

[craft1948]

My favourite book is the first 'grown-up' one I was allowed to read....Jane Eyre.

[chaptazbru]

Hi craft - waiting for you to come on. I like all her books and am looking forward to her latest out in the summer in paperback.

[emmie]

you have never heard of The Lord of The Rings, really?

[chaptazbru]

Jane Eyre - classic.

[craft1948]

I'm waiting for the new Peter James book due out in June I think.............

[chaptazbru]

Yes, I've heard of Lord of the Rings em, I meant I'd not heard of all the books mentoned. Not read it though.

[chaptazbru]

Yes, Peter James, now there's an author !

[emmie]

try it some day, weeks, months, take your time as well, it's a long saga, but well worth the effort.

[craft1948]

I love his Roy Grace series................I have the next one on pre-order from Amazon.