Words> Everyman by Philip Roth

Rarely have I finished a book in one sitting, and to be perfectly honest, I did move from the breakfast table to the hammock halfway through Philip Roth's Everyman. But I think that counts.

It's a sobering novel of family, death and love, told in straightforward, uncomplicated language, the kind that you must speak to yourself in when laying down how life really is. Starting and ending with the same death, brushing others on its way from grave to grave, it is nonetheless surprisingly full of hope and understanding. It is indeed the story of everyman. Only read it if you know you can take death at a face value.