What makes for a good writer? Many traits, but one unmistakable one is a ravenous appetite for reading.
In case you’re floundering for inspiration, here are couple of reading lists you won’t regret diving into:
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/
http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/archive
http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat
Just the Nobel for Literature alone is enough to keep you busy for a lifetime. Although, the Booker is no small feat either. Take your pick and loose yourself in the constructs of imagination.