Books That the British Just Can't Wait to Put Down

The Independent Online last month (I've always felt behind the times - or, since this was in the Independent, would it be behind the Times) had a report on the books that Britons are least likely to finish reading. The fiction list included a Man Booker Prize winner on top and James Joyce's Ulysses in third. Second? Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. On the non-fiction list were autobiographies by Margaret Thatcher and Bill Clinton, which shows some wisdom after all in limiting politicians to sound bites.