> "just read" them

Rather than finger them idly? Well probably:-)

Meanwhile, Nobel Laureate H. Pinter chimes in on the Joyce front:

Q: Who are some of your heroes? Do you have them?
Pinter: [Laughs.] James Joyce. Yeah. I love Ulysses. Johann Sebastian Bach. And one or two others.

Q: Is it for their art?
Pinter: Yeah. And their independence.
Pinter interview.