I, uh, actually bounced off all the Willis I've tried, but I haven't tried To Say Nothing of the Dog or Doomsday Book yet. It sounds like a really good thing to fall asleep to though!

I can't follow Austen either! I was thinking of trying S&S or P&P, since those are the ones I'm most familiar with, but the prose is too complicated for my sleepy brain! Maybe P&P would work because I'm SO familiar with it...