Wow, a books channel! Nice choice, kronosposeidon. This seems like a good time to find out what kind of books everyone reads. So let's try this: what are you reading right now, and what was the best book you've read in the last year or so?

I'll start. Right now I'm reading Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters, which is actually really interesting and accessible for completely non-scientific types such as myself. Highly recommended (so far, at least). And the best book I've read recently is Lullabies for Little Criminals, which is one of the most engaging and beautifully written books I've read in a long time. It's a bit grim at times, but I honestly couldn't recommend it more vigorously. I loved it.

Anyway, let's see if we can get some interesting recommendations out of this thread.