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Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
Beautifully written but not really my genre. I can respect the craft without loving the story.
Dracula
Bram Stoker
The found-document format adds verisimilitude. You almost believe you're reading real accounts.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Prospect theory explained clearly for non-economists. Kahneman is a gifted communicator.
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
Required reading for the modern age. Huxley understood that control through comfort is far more effective than control through fear.
Frankenstein o el Prometeo moderno
Mary Shelley
Historically important but the prose style is very much of its era. Hard to get through at times.
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
The sermon by Father Mapple is worth the price of admission alone. Absolute fire and brimstone.
The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
The scouring of the Shire is the most important chapter and they left it out of the movie. Read the book!
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
One of the great first-person narratives. Jane's voice is so vivid you forget you're reading fiction.
A Feast for Crows
George R. R. Martin
A transitional book that sets up a lot but pays off little. Still, Martin's prose is always a pleasure.
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