They've just been translated from Russian, and they're still working on translating the 4th novel. They made a movie based on the book Nightwatch, but it wasn't nearly as good as the book was from what I've heard. Very good contemperary writing if you're into the mystical/fantasy stuff (ie: vampires, dark/light witches, dark/light wizards, werewolves, etc.)
Stephen Ambrose is excellent......if you like reading about Crazy Horse, an interesting read is Crazy Horse, strange man of the Ogalas. It's not apologetic on either side, but for the most part seeks to explain the history from interviews with people actually involved in those times (it's an older book).
Personally, I've never really read fiction. When I was in 1st grade I got mad because all the teacher read were stupid stories and I wasn't learning anything. My choice in reading material at the time was anything about dinosaurs and Ranger Rick magazines. I think I was also the only person that ever checked out the old Time-Life (I think that's what they were) science series of books that the local library had, so they just gave them to us. Even to this day that still tends to apply. The last whole book I can remember reading that wasn't for a class was a philosophy book - "Metaphysics" by Peter Van Inwagen. It was a good book, but probably requires some philosophy background to readily follow.
Here's how I view non-fiction and fiction:
