* East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Selena) - Favorite book of all time
*J.M. Coetzee (Rose) -> All of his books are pretty good but my favorites are Disgrace and Slow Man
*Margaret Atwood (Rose) -> All of her books will make you angry about being a woman but my favorites are Oryx and Crake, the Handmaid's Tale, and the Penelopiad
* Kurt Vonnegut (Rose) -> All of his books will make you incredibly cynical but my favorites are Cat's Cradle and Galapagos
Haruki Murakami (Rose) -> All of his books will make you hallucinogenically depressed by my favorites are Kafka on the Shore and the Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Non-Fiction
* Born to Run by Christopher McDougall (Selena) - Really moving book about why we're actually evolutionarily evolved to run. Also a great book in understanding human limits and being able to do anything you set your mind to do.
* Kitchen Confidential and A Cook's Tour by Anthony Bourdain (Selena) - If you love Rose's profanity and love food (I know you do). Bourdain is an amazing food writer and yeah totally arrogant, but he surprisingly has a good heart.
* Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality - Christopher Ryan (Rose)-> Dan Savage recommendation, makes me want to organize an orgiastic foraging utopia
* Bossypants - Tina Fey (Rose, Selena) -> hilarious example of women who rock
* On Human Nature - E.O. Wilson (Rose)-> Dated, but super interesting
Children's Fiction (if you missed these books, read them now!)
* Lois Lowry - The Giver (Rose)
* Madeleine L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Rose, Selena)
* Roald Dahl - Matilda (Rose)
* Ender's Game (Selena) - Best, best, best sci-fi out there. Great lessons on how to be a leader in such an amazingly fun story.
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