I don't read anything that doesn't start with "Dear Penthouse Forum..."

Which, unexpectedly, means three things on the list remain possible for you.

I think I read A Christmas Carol in high school.

I've read The Cantebury Tales (in middle english, tyvm), A Christmas Carol (although another Dickens book is the only assigned text I never finished), The Name of the Rose, and A Brief History of Time (on my own, because my dad took me to see Hawking give a lecture and I wanted to be prepared.)

I have War and Peace on my to read list, but I also hated Crime and Punishment, so I've been wary of Russian novels. Although I like Chekov, so I should really give it a go.

I was a literature major but I only read two of these books for school.

Ulysses - I read this with another book that commented on everything chapter by chapter. That helped and I really enjoyed it.

A Christmas Carol - I've read this multiple times. It's the essence of Christmas for me.

The Satanic Verses - I read another Rushdie book and it was such a chore to get through that I don't think I can try another one.

Moby Dick - No, I had a choice between this and The Scarlet Letter in high school and picked The Scarlet Letter because it was shorter. (I didn't appreciate The Scarlet Letter until I read it again recently.)

A Brief History of Time - I love science books that I can almost understand.

Remembrance of Things Past - I've read the whole thing 1.9 times (just couldn't bring myself to finish it the second time). I've read the Combray intro to Swann's Way many, many times. It's beautiful music.

The Name of the Rose - Read it.

Don Quixote - I read an abridged version for a class and loved it. Always wanted to go back and read the whole thing, never did.

I refuse to read William Faulkner or Ernest Hemingway.

I actually picked up a copy of the Satanic Verses at the library thanks to this thread and have read the first 30 pages... it isn't unintelligible (yet) ;)

I didn't find Rushdie unintelligible but damn, there were a lot of words. ;)

I didn't find it unintelligible either- just uninteresting. Maybe now that things have gotten so much wackier in the Islamic world (or that I'm just that much more aware of said wackiness) I might change my mind......

I really enjoyed Satanic Verses, but I'm a fan of magical realism and contemporary Indian fiction.

I've read all of War and Peace, all of A Christmas Story(twice), and about a third of Moby Dick.

No intention of finishing Moby Dick....ever...no intention of reading any of those other books or re-reading War and Peace;

But I read at least one Dickens book every couple years and sooner or later I'll be back around to the story of Mr. Scrooge:)