Based on a recommendation from a friend I just finished Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being. The title, which has a certain hint of self help to it, doesn't necessarily reflect the thesis behind the book.
It is, not dense but, philosophical in a Platonic sense. It poses a lot of questions and forces the reader to make personal assertions. I had a tough time getting through the first 100 but after that the book made for some smooth sailing. Although I suppose there is a "plot" there is no Save the Cat! moment. Merely people trying to do their best for a number of years. Kundera reflects on sex, love and politics and even saves a several thousand word chapter on "shit" for the end.
This is the kind of book that may not knock your socks clean off after your first reading but I am certain this is one that I will re visit at a later date. And I am pretty sure it will be some time before this one disappears from my consciousness.