Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene - 1958, Book

Vacuum salesman, funny fake spy. Plus a checkers drinking game.

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri - 2003, Book

Bengali immigrants make a family. Well-written with engaging characters, details.

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami - 2008, Book

You'll love it if you're a runner and Murakami fan.

Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years by David Talbot - 2007, Book

Fascinating, fast-paced look into JFK and RFK’s careers and assassinations.

Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor - 1952, Book

Southern Gothic classic: preachers, kidnapped mummy and a gorilla suit.

The Dangerous Book for Boys by Hal & Conn Inggulden - 2007, Book

Were Race Bannon to write a book for his son.

The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton - 1973, Book

Decent page turner. Fantastically packed with Victorian England's criminal slang.

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov - 1955, Book

Weird, funny, perverted. Not my favorite but definitely worth reading.

When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris - 2008, Book

The first time I've felt "meh" about a Sedaris book.

It by Stephen King - 1986, Book

Describe what's scaring me, not what being scared is like.

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger - 1951, Book

I FINALLY read it. Pretty good, but why the worship?

The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene - 1940, Book

A religious thriller - fugitive whiskey priest in Mexico, saving souls.

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson - 1883, Book

Challenging navigation through sailing terms and 19th century sentence structure.

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami - 2006, Book

Everyday life collides with the surreal, supernatural. Murakami is addictive.

The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford - 1979, Book

Unnerving Vietnam War story. Kubrick filmed as Full Metal Jacket.

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy - 2005, Book

Violent, taut, but philosophical. Not necessarily for the movie's fans.

The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe - 1774, Book

Surprisingly enjoyable, but my goodness, don't kill yourself over it.

Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay - 2007, Book

Not as finessed as previous Dexter books. Great character though.

Candide by Voltaire - 1759, book

All right, but I don't understand why it's so acclaimed.

"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison - 1965, Book

A tale of dissent from an all too real future.