Other favorites:
Chris Guillebeau and his talented wife Jolie saved my life. After meeting at Starbucks, where I worked, and bonding over knitting patterns, Jolie pointed me to her husband’s travel/lifestyle blog, The Art of Non-Conformity, and his most recent book (at the time) The $100 Startup.
About a year ago, I fell madly in love with Robert A. Heinlein, reputed to be one of the best science fiction writers of the last century. Reading To Sail Beyond the Sunset before other books in the Lazarus Long series is a bit like peeking at the end of the story, but if you want to know the origin story of Lazarus, don’t let this pass you by.
I am crazy about Eat Pray Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert. If your spirit could use a talking to, pick up this heartwarming, gelato eating, yoga breathing book to make you feel warm from Third Eye to big toe.