Books to recommend?

[machshefa]

Hi guys,

I've got a long holiday weekend coming up with some (possible) reading time... and I have no idea what to read.  I have bookshelves full of books, but we have a trip to the bookstore planned, so I'm open to suggestions!  Fiction, nonfiction, fantasy, SF, anthologies--what do you recommend?

I would love an engrossing read, something that won't leave me depressed or despondent, something fabulous!  I recently read the most recent Malcom Gladwell and also Gaiman's "American Gods."

*sits back and makes list

Thank you!

Comments

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

I definitely second/third The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo. Well worth the read! I didn't even find the beginning slow; I was absorbed from the start till the end, and my baths got progressively longer just so I could get through more pages, lol.

For non-fiction pleasure I recommend Immortal Milk by Eric LeMay. I waxed rhapsodic about it on my cheese blog, but honestly, I'm enjoying every single word.