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I agree with you Zooie- i too read Atlas Shrugged only--way back when I was in school...though the thick fat book did enlighten me about the pros of Industrialisation and Commerce, I was not inspired to read another one of her novels. She sounded predictable.

I recently bought an e-book 'Siddhartha' by Herman Hesse from e-books.com Plan to read it this week.

i think the book is too dark and has somewhat lost its context in present times...can you think of such a romance happening in today's world?

you may or may not like the character-Mr. Stephens and his value system but the book is really about how a prim and proper gentleman leads his entire life in pursuit of honour and sacrifices a lot of life's true pleasures in the process...

i broke my teeth trying to bite into this one :-) Am not reading Joyce again in a long long time...

Austen is my school time favorite. Though she features in the list of classical authors, I think her characters have lost some relevance in these modern times....

I read this book while I was doing my Literature course in college. This one and The Joke by the same author....the writing is heavy- reading is slow because of the sheer weight of thoughts associated with the writing. I will have to read them again sometime if I have to take home something...