Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

Somewhat delightful after all.

Eye in the Sky

by Philip K. Dick

Knowing Philip K. Dick as I do, I wonder why I thought it would STAY a novel about a world where religion was repeatable, instead of turning into a story about hideous insect-monsters and inside-out cat monstrosities?

The Sirens Sang of Murder

by Sarah Caudwell

Two good narrators!

The Fountainhead

by Ayn Rand

I would have loved the hell out of this book as a teenager.

Far Rainbow / The 2nd Invasion from Mars

by Boris and Arkady Strugatski

Way better than "hard to be a god".  Except I think I would like to be a cookie-eating beer-drinking cow.

Buddhists Talk about Jesus, Christians Talk about the Buddha

edited by Rita M. Gross and Terry C. Muck

lots to think about

When you are Engulfed in Flames

by David Sedaris

This is like the opposite of once, in the sense that even the sad stories are happy.