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Introduction: I'm a Boston-lover who was forced for financial reasons to live in Washington, D.C. for a year and who will never make that mistake again. I work at a software company, read a book a week, and have recently discovered mental clarity through exercise.
Best excuse for not reading a classic book: Maybe if critics love the book but no one else does. I've not yet found a convincing reason, for instance, to read Finnegan's Wake -- and I'm *especially* disinclined to read it after reading Ulysses.
Classic book you want to read but haven't yet: So many. Everyone's recommended PG Wodehouse to me, so he's on the list. Also "The Education Of Henry Adams," "Satyagraha in South Africa," Goldman's "Living My Life," and many others. I keep a to-read list at http://tinyurl.com/4arcjx .
Favourite author/s: Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, Richard Thaler, Paul Krugman, Marion Nestle, Samuel Bowles, many others.
Favourite Book as an adult: Wonkish it may be, but Sam Bowles's "Microeconomics: Behavior, Institutions, and Evolution" came as a revelation to me. Among novels, I think "Bel Canto" is structurally almost perfect. Saul Bellow's "Herzog" will go with me to the grave.
Favourite Book as a child: I was, regrettably, really into Tom Clancy. I lost that love long ago, but I stand by my earlier devotion to Forsyth's "Day of the Jackal," which I also read during that period. There really may be no better thriller.

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