Really hard to recommend anything without knowing what type of book you're looking for. I seriously think the best book of all time is "The Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius but I've got a feeling that's not what you're looking for.
Off the top of my head...
Fiction I've read recently that I'd recommend:
Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk (Screw the movie. I love this book more every time I read it.)
A Man in Full - Tom Wolfe (I think Wolfe might be the best pure writer alive)
High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
Nonfiction:
The Meditations - Marcus Aurelius (possibly the most thought-provoking and introspection-inducing piece of writing in human history)
Hell's Angels - Hunter S. Thompson (not finished yet but awesome read so far)
Man's Search for Meaning - Victor Frankl (everyone on the planet should have to read this, and it's pretty short)
Happy Hour is for Amateurs: A Decade Lost in the World's Worst Profession - Philalawyer (reads like Tucker Max's IITSBIH but isn't obviously full of made-up stories and isn't told by a raging ######bag)
Last edited by MickMcGeough; 01-22-2010 at 09:56 AM.
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