Gli artigli del diavolo - The White Rose Murders, by Paul Doherty (1991, UK)

Henry the VIII court: Margherita, who married the count of Angus after king Jack's death, hides a crucial secret. Benjamin and Shallot (who's our narrator) are asked to investigate. Deaths in strange circumstances, codes, mysteries... but finally all is understood. Intriguing.

Un cappello pieno di stelle - A Hat Full Of Sky, by Terry Pratchett (2004, UK)

Tiffany is 11, but she's stronger than people expect, she fighted and won over fairies queen. Now she's learning about witch stuff with a lovely old witch, Miss Level. Tiffany is about to face a devil that will get her body and mind... but she's not alone: the powerful Miss Weatherwax is with her. And surely the small, angry, rude but faithful Nac Mac Feegles are.
Soooo hilarious and fun, but deep as well.

Grazie dei ricordi - Thanks for the Memories, by Cecelia Ahern (2008, Dublin)

Joyce is a young woman, grown up in Dublin: her marriage is about to finish and she just lost the baby whe was pregnant of. She was saved by a blood trasfusion. Justin is american, moved to England and working in the Trinity College as well. He gave blood, although unwilling. A peculiar link grows between them, even if they yet don't know each other.
Dublin, London, Irish people, grand characters (Henry, Joyce's dad, is absolutely wonderful, a perfect irish old man), brilliant style. Definetely awesome.

La quarta mano - The Fourth Hand, by John Irving (2001, USA)

USA, end of 90s. Patrick's a handsome, playboy journalist whose left hand has been eaten by a lion in India. Doris is a determined, honest woman in love with his husband. Dr Zajac is a complicated doc who's working on hands surgery. The author takes the reader deep inside all the characters' lives, so that they can easily think as each characters does.
Peculiar and page-turner.

Baudolino, by Umberto Eco (2000, Milan)

XII century. Baudolino was born nearby Milan, adopted then by chance by the emperor. He travelled wherever, creating stories and looking for legendary reigns and goblets. He saw mythological creatures and places, then he could tell all his chronicles to a wise man in Costantinopoli.
The main message among these diverse tales is that you can never trust anything, cause most things can be said as lies.