Ishmael - this was recommended to me by one of my students
Beowulf - I will be presenting a mini-unit on this.

I just finished reading Romeo and Juliet and I would like to say that anyone who officially hates Shakespeare since his/her terrible high school experience, go back and read this play. Now that I am not required to read it (well, I am going to be teaching it), I found out how much I really like it. I used to be all about Billy's histories...but this is still one of the best.

Other things I am reading currently:
Teacher Man - F. McCourt
You Shall Know Our Velocity - D. Eggers
The Masque of the Red Death - E. Poe
The Minister's Black Veil - N. Hawthorne
Self-Reliance - R. Emerson
Walden - W. Thoreau
The Crucible - A. Miller

yeah - student teaching is a total blast with information overload and a boatlaod of planning. I cannot wait until it is "real" teaching.

addendum*
I love Wind-Up Bird...that well, damn that well. I CAN RELATE.