inessential by Brent Simmons

What books should I buy?

For my birthday I got some money to buy some books. (When I’m not programming, I’m reading.)

I have a pretty good idea of what books I want to buy, but I’m always looking for cool books I don’t know about.

My interests are literary fiction, science fiction, spy/thriller novels, history, science, languages, art, and animals. (And other things too, but those are the main ones.)

Are there any books you’ve read lately that you just plain love, that you’d recommend to me?