Hi everyone, first-time poster here. This is a great thread — it's exciting to discover the titles and authors we have in common, and I'm making up my to-read list from your comments! Have any Kafka fans read Clarice Lispector? I've blown through The Passion According to G.H. and Agua Viva a few times... definitely a different flavor than Kafka but her prose is so flippin' gorgeous.
My latest long-term read was Doctor Zhivago, which I adored. @mk-8, did you read it (as a sophomore?!) or watch the 1965 movie? For nonfiction, I recently finished Rebecca Solnit's Savage Dreams. (I am applying to Lit programs with a specific focus in nuclear culture and Southwestern literary ecologies.) Definitely recommend, especially for fans of Annette Kolodny.