John Freeman's 25 best reads

John Freeman, president of the National Book Critics Circle, writes in the Denver Post:One of my recurring dreams involves selling all my possessions, shutting down my cellphone and e-mail, and setting off around the country - and then the world - by train with a small suitcase full of great books. If I ever do this, I'd take things I had already read. And if I had to narrow this group to a list