As I'm preparing this month's e-newsletter, I can't help but notice that every other newsfeed item is about the last installment of Harry Potter. So, I have a confession to make:

I have not read any of the Harry Potter books. (I have also not seen the movies, except for "The Prisoner of Azkaban," which was shown on one of my flights to San Francisco or L.A. (Can't remember which.) Anyway, it was better than my other options: "Barbershop" or "Garfield.")

Also, I did not read The Da Vinci Code. Or see the movie.

Yes, I know I'm now in the hideous minority and it's my job to know about these things. But I figure everyone else read these books, so I should spend my time reading and supporting lesser-known works, like um, anything else.

I did go back and finally read Nabokov's Lolita, however. (No way was I going to get that one on a syllabus in 16 years of Catholic schooling.) Although I think it could have used a little editing [ahem, natch], that was one book I was actually embarrased to admit I missed.

What about you? What's one classic or contemporary novel you're loathe to admit you haven't read?