Livre d'Or

Well, I think the Just City does a good take-down of Plato's assumption that humans don't have to be all... messy, and human. It just comes to mind having so recently read it.

I've been watching Call the Midwife (it's based on a book I haven't read) which is all about the more... human... side of health care.

Ursula Le Guin's many novels always seem to have a lot to say about the human condition.

PTerry is genius at playing with story-tropes to great effect (although I worry that one has to have read more of the things that play them straight to "get" it? I don't know. I'd start with Tiffany anyway, Tiffany is great. Even if the books are YA. Means it's easy and quick to read).