The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (2003, Hardcover)

The downside:
This book is thick. Like really thick. Like almost 500 pages thick.

The upside:
This book is divided into ~50 chapters. That means 10 pages per chapter. For all you people who like to think you've accomplished something (like getting through a chapter), this is great news. This means that you can get through at least 1 chapter and sometimes much more if you are busy laying a bomb in the bathroom. Hence, this is great bathroom reading.

The review:
I am not a literary genius but this book must have been really good if I actually finished it.

I've read about 1 book in the last 2 years. OK, maybe 2.5 years. My attention span is pretty short (borderline ADD). My philosophy is if someone can't get to the point in less than 2 minutes, it's probably not worth knowing about. This applies to verbose writers of thick books as well. Besides the ugly yellow and black covers, Cliff's notes are too long. Why can't all books be summed up in 3 bullet points?

The Da Vinci Code has a good plot and I believe you qualify as "erudite" if you say you've read it.