* Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy or The Spy Who Came out of the Cold, by John Le Carre;

* Gawdy Night, by Dorothy Sayers;

* Hamlet or MacBeth, by William Shakespeare.

Along with reading whatever detective stories "come to hand," Lord would also like to read whatever epics "I haven't read before" in languages such as French, German, or Russian. Most Harvard students might want to read the recommended epics in English first.

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Professor of Greek and Latin Gregory Nagy plans to delve into some Pindar this summer, but he suggests a singular literary journey for students. If they read anything at all, they must read the Robert S. Fitzgerald '33 translation of Homer's The Odyssey, Nagy assigns the Richard Lattimore version for his perennially popular course Lit & Arts C-14. "The Concept of the Hero in Hellenic Civilization." He lauds the Fitzgerald translation as a "beautiful experience because of its artists unity."

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Stephan A. Thernstrom. Winthrop Professor of History, says he would read these books this summer if "I already hadn't read them."

* The Ice Age or Realm of God, by Margaret Drabble;

* A Bend in the River, by V.S. Naipaul:

* Porterhouse Blue, by Tom Sharpe;

* Oxford Quintet, by J.I.M. Stewart;

* The Warden, from Anthony Trollope's series The Chronicles of Barset.

Thernstrom said that during his vacations I likes to read books after a full day of hiking, but I added he hasn't had a chance to choose his selections or routes yet.

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