Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin

[King Bob]

Actually I'd only recommend the first Earthsea book; the second two don't have the same tone and aren't as good IMO. And years later she wrote two more that were focused on female characters from the earlier books.

Moby Dick is probably gonna take you a while. That's one of my all-time favorites. Have to re-read it again, but probably not this year.