At the risk of sounding pretentious (moi?!) James Joyce's 'Dubliners' - book group choice, hadn't read it for 30+ years - very good (just don't get it confused with Ulysses!)
I've got a copy of Ulysses bought whilst a student. Never got past the first chapter. Mind you, it was only after I had left it a few years that I was able to complete Crime & Punishment. Might be time to go back and give JJ another try?