I read...alot. That pretty much puts me in the Classical Nerd category. I like Fantasy and I read alot of Mythology. some of my Favorites are:

The Poetic and Prose Eddas

The Sagas of the Icelanders From Penguin Books with an Introduction by Robert Kellogg

Beowulf translated by Burton Raffel. This version is still in verse form but very easy to read and understand

A Song of Ice and Fire (A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows) by George R.R. Martin

The Dark Tower series (The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three, The Wastlands, Wizard and Glass, Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah, The Dark Tower) by Stephen King

the Avalon series (The Mists of Avalon, The Forest House, The Lady of Avalon, Priestess of Avalon, Ancestors of Avalon, The Fall of Atlantis and Firebrand)by Marion Zimmer Bradly

The Sword Of Truth series (wizards First Rule, Stone of Tears, Blood of the Fold, Temple of the Winds, Soul of Fire, Faith of the Fallen, The Pillars of Creation, Naked Empire, Chainfire, Phantom, Debt of Bones, and releasing in August the last book: Confessor) by Terry Goodkind

The Troy Game(Hade's Daughter,God's Concubine,Darkwitch Rising and Druids Sword) by Sarah Douglass

The Wayfarer Redemption (BattleAxe, Enchanter, StarMan, Sinner, Pilgrim, and Crusader) by Sarah Douglass

Beyond the Hanging Wall by Sarah Douglass

The Sevenwaters Trilogy by Juliet Mariller

The Circle Trilogy by Nora Roberts

See I told you I was a BookWorm.