Jane Eyre--Have not read since I was a teenager and I suspect I did the same thing--stretched out on hot summer afternoons and gulped it down. I've decided I'm something of a Bronte lover over Austen--however melodramatic, I love the Gothic intensity.

The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz--Absolutely terrific, full of foul-mouthed and hysterically funny propulsion.

Unaccustomed Earth, Jhumpa Lahiri--Have been slowly, slowly reading this quietly stunning collection.

Various books on the Indian indenture period, including poring over microfiche of The Argosy newspaper, from 1897.

Parts of the Ramayana

Sacred Hunger, by Barry Unsworth. An amazing, 19th century, epic-style book.

Next up, I think: The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto, Mario Vargas Llosa. I heard him read (not from this) at the PEN World Voices Festival, and was mesmerized.