Not too familiar with J. Krishnamurti... U.G. is the more cynical of the two. He died pretty recently, actually. Wiki article.

Do you have any J. Krishnamurti readings to recommend?

To piggyback on my earlier post, I heartily recommend Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces and Manly Hall's The Secret Teachings of All Ages! They both strike me as rather erudite, yet down-to-earth.