Some random suggestions for books and authors.

May I recommend Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America by Steve Almond and Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash by Elizabeth Royte?

Recently Read and Enjoyed Books:

• Marriage, a history:from Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz (2005)
• Sweet and Low by Rich Cohen (2006)
• Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson (2006)
• Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2004)
• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (1966)
• Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors by Lizzie Collingham (2006)
• The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture by John Battelle (2005)
• The Historian: A Novel by Elizabeth Kostova (2005)

Some Favorite Authors:

• Barbara Kingsolver
• Neal Stephenson
• Christopher Moore
• John Irving
• Richard Russo
• Gregory Maguire
• Laurie King

Some Favorite Books that I like to read over and over again:

• To Kill a Mockingbirg by Harper Lee
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
• Lord of the Rings trilogy by JR Tolkien
• Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
• A Widow for One Year by John Irving