Taking a Break from Cards to Read

I am taking a short break from card challenges and making cards to read some books I got from a recent book sale (Paulo Coelho's The Pilgrimage, The Valkyries and Aleph).  I have finished reading the first two and am now reading Aleph.  I must say, he is not the best writer but he has a way to get readers hooked, particularly those in search of some meaning in their lives.

I have read his other books a couple of years back (books borrowed from the local library), but those novels did not have the same effect on me as these "biographic" books.

After reading his biography, A Warrior's Life by Fernando Morais and re-reading The Alchemist, I was compelled to read his other books.  His books are "readable", easy to understand, no convoluted texts that you need to read over.  Has any of you read his books?