A Game of Thrones is a great series, but I warn you in advance not to get too attached to anyone. Also, the TV show is fantastic and follows the books quite closely, from what I've seen so far anyways.

I'm just starting The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume I by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I don't read much of the classics because I find older writing styles off-putting, but considering how consumed I've been with Sherlock Holmes in various incarnations recently it seemed a natural progression. I just finished the very first Holmes story ever published, A Study in Scarlet. Interesting enough, though I'm a bit surprised at how little happens throughout the story. I'm already starting to think that visual media, like the fantastic BBC series Sherlock, is a much better medium for this sort of character. But we'll see.