What books are you reading at the moment?

[heslopian]

I'm reading Gilgamesh, the first ever piece of recorded literature, engraved on stone tablets in ancient Mesopotamia two millenniums ago, but not discovered until 1850, and not translated until the turn of the century. The edition I'm reading has been translated by Stephen Mitchell, and I bought it as part of a course I'm taking. An epic poem, it follows the exploits of the nominal Gilgamesh, king of Uruk (in what is now Iraq), as he meets his twin, Enkidu, and goes on a journey of self-discovery.
I'm also looking forward to reading Dracula by Bram Stoker, and Homer's Odyssey.