The Godfather and The Sicilian by Mario Puzo were great, although I do not know how The Sicilian would fare in my taste now. Almost about a decade ago, I tried Fountain Head by Ayn Rand, but stop after couple of dozen pages. My friend, who was a voracious reader, swore by it. I wonder why I never got back to it. But frankly speaking, anything beyond 5 pages bores me to death, with the exception of: 1) Sports related article or news. 2) Some crispy piece of article on current matters. 3) Humor pieces. Rest, kaam pa chaina? Yeso mojj sojj garnu chadera yetro 20 barsa padera ajai feri kitab. Tyo pani yeuta duita ho. Lekhna payo bhandai ma library nai padya jasto lekhdine manche haru feri. Hehe , yeuta kura ni ;). Okay Dutchy_bunch, listen. Forget all the recommendation and all these fancy writers and "read me" books. You want to smile and throw in coupe of mirthful chuckles? Want to understand the misery of a man and what his intimate thoughts are. Do you want to travel thru one man's life, not in some artistic form or some fancy complicatedly woven yarn, but something very close to our miserable existence? Then, read "High Fidelity." 'It is humorous, poignant and has informative look at men, relationships and love.' Sounds familiar eh'? Just read it and you would never know how the pages disappear one after another. And at the end of the day, the greatest compliment for the book is, you will never hate men, if you have ever; you will simply pity them. Read it. It is relatively small and promises WONDERFUL time. If you have already read it, oh well, why the hell did you not wrote the books you are actually done with in the beginning itself. Dammit! ;) IndisGuise:) P.S: My good words on "The Kite Runner" and "To kill a mocking bird." Rest, as it appears, is whose father, what vitamin for me. La yaar kaam ma ma eklai bhaye. Kyarne malai matra xmas nalageko hola. Gaye ma ni. :) Ignore typos.