You could try E.M Forster. I'm studying two of his books for AS level English Lit - "A Passage to India" and "Howard's End". They're extremely well written classics, but have remarkably little plot! Forster seemed to like to write books discussing the times he was writing in, rather than writing a book with a thrilling plot/story, whatever you want to describe a plot as. They're a bit boring sometimes, but then you come across a passage which is incredibly well written, usually a little bit of sarcasm, or, in some cases, a lot of sarcasm, as I say, they're very well written. I'm also reading some H. G Wells stuff. Whilst they're also classics, I find them really different from others, a bit more sci-fi, but also talking about human nature etc. Good reads really, probably more entertaining than Forster, but probably less brilliant at the same time, if it makes sense. I suppose you'd have to read some E.M Forster to grasp what I'm on about