I am posting this so that we can share good books with one another! 

I am currently reading 'Stranger From a Strange Land' by Robert A. Heinlein. It sat collecting dust on my shelf for some 5 odd years before I bothered to pick it up, but boy am I glad I did. It's a fascinating read, to say the least. I've yet to finish it.

But even if you aren't reading a book presently, name one that affected you more than most you've read, and that you'd recommend.

I look forward to your comments and suggestions, I value the good taste among the Sift community and don't doubt that that taste for quality extends beyond the video realm into the realm of literature; fiction or non-fiction! Name a book of any sort - hell, name your favourite Playboy issue.