Books We Haven't Read. And Might Never.

BAM Book Reviews had this article on their blog and the question Have you ever lied about a book you've read and why? Basically the article is about how Britons lie about some of the books they've read, and the top 10 list of books they've said they've read but they haven't.
I don't really see a reason to lie about reading a book. I can see how it would make people feel like they're showing others they're well-read or of equivalent intelligence or something like that. I have, however, written scores of essays in high school about books I've never read. For example, Metamorphosis. Never read it, got a 5 minute synopsis from a friend and then wrote the in-class essay.

Here's the list from that article, with my comments/opinions on whether you should waste your time on it or not - anybody else got something to say about these?:

1. 1984 - George Orwell (This is an excellently written book, although some of the philosophies bothered me so much that I won't ever read it again.)

2. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy (Don't bother. Try Anna Karenina instead, and in this case watch the movie. After all, it is an Audrey Hepburn, and it's very well done. It's just...a little long, a little depressing...)

3. Ulysses - James Joyce (Don't bother. I haven't read it, but I've read his short stories and I have no desire to read a longer work. His shorter stuff, however, is definitely intense enough for a 'sample' and should give you enough fodder for conversation/debates/etc.)

4. The Bible (I highly recommend it, but I'm a Christian. I'm not sure I could look at this objectively as a 'classic' so much as what I believe in, if that makes sense.)

5. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert (In my mind, every girl should really read this once. It'll scare her to death, and make her appreciate kind-hearted men more. However, don't read it again.)

6. A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking (I haven't read it, so I can't say, but I don't have much of an interest to, because Hawking comes off as a little snobbish. I'm sure he's not, but for some reason that's always stopped me.)

7. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie (I have no idea.)

8. In Remembrance of Things Past - Marcel Proust (I haven't read this, but purely out of just not wanting to.)

9. Dreams from My Father - Barack Obama (Also haven't read this - I never read books about/by presidents. That doesn't include biographies after they're deceased. Anyone else find it ironically funny that the British feel they have to lie about having read this?)

10. The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins (Also have not read.)

Any others you feel obligated to have read, but haven't?