I don’t know if it tops the list, but certainly worth mentioning: Three Men in a Boat, by Jerome K. Jerome.

It was published in 1889(!) but it’s still hilarious today. Full of very well observed humour. I find it really fascinating that a book over 130 years old can still be so relatable, but I suppose people haven’t changed as much as we sometimes like to think.

It always does seem to me that I am doing more work than I should do. It is not that I object to the work, mind you; I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.