Just finished '100 years of solitude' today--I enjoyed it immensely, but I think it really needs to be read in a compressed time frame. If you drag it out you don't get some of the references back to earlier points (and the names REALLY get confusing).

Also, read 'Planet of Slums' by Mike Davis. It is really just a collection or literature review of various accounts of the world's slums. Not too novel and filled a little too much with straight facts being thrown at the reader, but a nice read nonetheless.

I am really struggling to find my next novel, I'm thinking I might unearth some of the books in my library that were bought but never read, starting with Conrad's 'Nostromo'..