Recommend some classics?; Some books that the casual reader can enjoy?
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"The Da Vinci Code", by Dan Brown:

• International Bestseller based on Christian Gnosticism
• much loved and much criticized
• it's been the subject of much (attempted) censorship, so it can't be that bad

Stephen King (Author): most famous for his horror fiction work, and frequent movie adaptations. There is a large variation in the quality of his work.
My personal favourite novel was "The Dark Half"; most hated was "Needful Things".

Don't bother finishing Lord of the Rings unless you want to know what was left out of the movies.