Everyone is different, of course, but I think bestsellers work for most people, especially if you're reading in a foreign language. Last week end I was on a short trip and had to spend some hours on a train/in a a waiting room. I really don't like to read serious staff on those occasions, so I had a couple of bestsellers on my tablet. I picked up Sophie Kinsella's "Confessions of a shopoholics" and soon found myself submerged into the story, I finished it up in 2 afternoons. No need to check anything in the dictionary, the plot is interesting and actually it was difficult to make a stop :)

On the other side, I believe detective stories (even the well-known classical ones like Agatha Cristie's or Arthur Conan Doyle's) are also very captivating and easy to follow.

popular fiction set in the present. I prefer books about the Second World War and traveling.

I suggest it shouldn't be a short book. I know people who learned English by reading Harry Potter. :)

I have started a group for italki members at goodreads.com

If you want to find links to the books we've mentioned, suggest your own, or join a discussion about a book come and check it out!

Mimmo,

ABSOLUTELY!  What are your interests? Tell me, and I will suggest a few books.