My three favorite books of all time are:
Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
The Painted Veil by William Somerset Maugham
Amanda's bookshelf: read
The most inspiring book I've read in long time, it also taught me more about Pakistan and Afghanistan than I've ever known. I immediately went out and bought his next book, Stones into Schools. This should be required reading for all Americ...