Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov

For some reason, it took me an incredibly long time to finish this classic novel, but I'm very glad to have done so. I've never read anything like it, and, honestly, doubt that I will. Humbert Humbert's voice was a lesson in skillful narration, making it easy to understand Nabokov's distinction as a master of language. Every bit a love story as it was a memoir or a kind of mystery novel, Lolita is a classic that I am glad to have added to my literary repertoire.

Here is Nabokov himself, looking a little too much like H.H. on a road trip, hangin' out the side of his best friend's ride: