I hated the Da Vinci Code, an extremely lazily writtten book. Offended my sensibilities as a writer more than the rubbish history could.
Tolstoy is an author I don't really care for, but have read. Personally, I prefer his Caucasian and Crimean stories. Oh, and the one about the talking horse. Prisoner of the Caucasus is a very beatiful little story.
I'd much rather read Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoyevsky, and that.
Haven't yet gotten round to Ulysses and won't claim I've read it, apart from excerpts. I understand it's the #1 most lied about book.
Have hundreds of books, it's a favourite pastime, and have read nearly all of them.
OTOH, there are books I know I've read, but can't recall anything about them, beyond a phrase or two. EE Nesbitt, for example.