Print Story Dear Diary: what should I read
In an attempt to learn from Grothendieck's mistakes, Kwesta Junipo will soon be taking a (short) break from mathematics, though verily, it shall rend his heartstrings to do so.

So, infidels, what do you recommend? That you may thoughtfully craft and tailor your recommendations, below the fold I have conveniently listed some things I have recently enjoyed imbibing.



Roberto Calasso: Ka
Hector Hugo Munro: Short stories of Saki
Gogol: St Petersburg Tales
Ann Patchett: Bel Canto
Oscar Wilde: The Critic as Artist
Mikhail Lermontov: A Hero of Our Time
Isaac Asimov: Robots and Empire
Timothy Mo: An Insular Possession
Jay Parini: The Last Station
Agatha Christie: various Poirot
Shashi Tharoor: Riot
Primo Levi: The Periodic Table
Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The Brothers Karamazov
Charles Dickens: Pickwick Papers
Asne Seierstad: Bookseller of Kabul

Please to be making suggestions KTHXBYE

Full discussion: http://www.hulver.com/scoop/story/2006/9/6/225432/3150