Too many to choose!

I have left my original path and ventured off in a few different directions.  Not good for achieving goals, but ultimately my goal was to read more, so I guess in that sense I have succeeded.  Unfortunately, as with most things, once you start it snowballs.  I now have more books that I want to read than time to read them.  I'm finishing up Alice in Wonderland (I really didn't think the book could be trippier than the movies.  I was wrong).  I think the next one I will move to will be Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.  I know it will break my heart but the story sounds amazing.  Silly as it sounds considering my large bookshelf teeming with books, I am looking for suggestions.  I am not looking to get into a series right now, but I am looking for something inspiring, witty.  Something that will take me away to another place and time and make me feel edified without being preached to.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!