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The book didn't actually win. The award was presented to Garcia Marquez shortly after publication of Chronicles of a Death Foretold in the '80s, I think.

Oooh, I want.

Third Master and the Margarita.

Now I'm feeling even guiltier for having never read an Atwood novel.

Just bought five books on sale: Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce Black Dogs by Ian McEwan Lost in the City by Edward P. Jones Black Boy by Richard Wright $23 in all.

Wow, I was busy this month. Nothing to speak of except: The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera

I'd just like to express my disappointment that David Mitchell and Julian Barnes are so low.

As Philip Roth is actually my favorite author (and my two favorite books of his, The Counterlife and Operation Shylock, both appear on the list, I was actually quite happy. The list also encouraged me to pick up The Known World and look into some of the authors of whom I'd never heard. Now I...

Although it is surely unnecessary, I'm going to fourth Norwegian Wood.

One more, unexpected read: Animal Farm by George Orwell

Wasn't too much in the mood for Augie March right now... New job is getting in the way of enjoyment of a book of any substantial size. But I did just finish The Stranger by Albert Camus

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson Read those within a week, but haven't gotten much else done this month.

Well, we were reading excerpts from Foucault's work Discipline and Punish, and I was certainly interested by the parts chosen in my books. That's a later work, and I'm afraid I'm not the best person to ask about the best Foucault starting point.

1. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (of which I am in the middle) 2. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson 3. The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow 4. The Stranger by Albert Camus 5. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

Perhaps give Operation Shylock by Philip Roth a chance. Yeah, I'd consider that an adventure somewhat.

Recently, The Crying of Lot 49 (not necessarily recommended) and Chronicles of a Death Foretold.

I don't know if people around here care much for audiobooks, but I hear the audiobook version of The Screwtape Letters, done by John Cleese, is supposed to be quite good.

Ooh, I've just started to read Habermas and Foucault, and I am really digging them. Might wanna look into them, especially if you're into post-modernism.

Well, if we can post two... Arc of Justice. This is one excellent book. Won 2004 National Book Award.

Yeah, my English professor this semester highly recommended that I pick up some Kundera, Bellow, and Coetzee. By the way, Libra, we have the same birthday. Just thought that was interesting...