Sister Carrie
by Theodore Dreiser
Published in 1900 (I finished it on November 15, 2005)
This is a long book. It was required for college and I had a great time with the class discussions and interpretations of the content. The ending is somewhat weak and it's not really a book I would recommend for a good read, but I did get so curious as to what would happen next, I stayed up all night finishing the last 250 pages, missing class the next day.

So many books … (you know the rest)