indi, who said that i read those books now.... if u wanna know the truth, all the books that i listed were @ least 5-10 yrs old. Except Vince Flynn and tom clancy.. whom i follow dearly chinuaba achebe is an author in 60s and so is steinbeck. and i read them may be 12-14 years ago. When i had energy lyk urs... Now i read IS41C IS683 [ if you know what i mean]