Anything by Douglas Coupland - though I'd start with Microserfs if its your first Coupland book.
If you're in the mood for nonfiction a couple of suggestions:
- Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures - chronociles 3 young people working in various UN relief efforts around the world. Including Rwanda.
- Down to This - the author went and lieved in a shantytown down in Ontario for 1 year. Will cause you to take a much different look at homelessness
- The Road to Hell - history of the Hells Angels in Canada.
Sportswise:
- There's a great compilation of George Plimpton out right now. No one looks at sports like Plimpton and his participatory works are pure gold.
- Michael Lewis, Moneyball - don't have to be a baseball fan to enjoy this one
And my top pick:
They Don't Play Hockey in Heaven by Ken Baker: Simply put - the best sports book I've ever read. Should be mandatory reading for being a hockey fan.
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