I’ve been reading James Joyce’s Ulysses for 50 years off and on, I just can’t seem to stay interested. Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is so much more interesting both grammatically and in content.
Me too.
"Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is so much more interesting both grammatically and in content."
I agree. It's one of my favorite books and one of the greatest I have ever read. It's an easy read. I've read it all, but I can now pick up anywhere in there (mine's in three volumes) and marvel at Gibbon, his clarity, his profundity, his concision, the depth of his insight, and of course the tales he has to tell. What a masterpiece!
Another of my favorites is The Bhagavad Gita. I have read it five times, in several different translations and have attempted it in Sanskrit (with minimal success). It is magnificent.