Haha, I guess this shows how little I read of contemporary fiction, unless it's children lit of course. :)

I liked Mariette in Ecstasy too. The ending did leave a sort of hmmm-ness to it. It had a very unique writing style though.

And Watership Down! Wabbits! Lots of wabbits! Okay, I'm guilty, I saw the animated film and I'm not sure if I ever read the novel. I think I did. I seem to remember checking it out from the library ten years ago or so. But, anyway, Bigwig was one of my childhood heroes. :)