Books like Bhagavad Gita

It seems like this took an especially long time to read (an average of under 7 pages per day), for such a comparatively short book (not quite 170 pages, and most of those pages in four-line stanzas with lots of blank page-space), but this is among the many works on my list of "things to go back and read, or read again, that I didn't read, or didn't read as closely as I'd have liked, even though I was supposed to, back in college or whenever." So, I was spending a lot of time on it. Sure, I coulda torn through it in a day, but I was interested in really absorbing the material, not only because as scripture it lends itself to a denser (if sometimes more arcane) read, but because some of the tenets expressed within are really valuable. I intend to keep a copy of the GITA in my car from now on (along with the TAO TE CHING, which I'll go back and read through start to finish sometime soon), you know, in case I need a little inspiration or even just SOMETHING to read at some point (in traffic, doctor's office, waiting for people to meet me, on a road trip, et cetera). Gotta love that GITA!