An Unfinished Life, about JFK. Darned good, yet darned heavy. I would also recommend anything by Kief Hillsbery.

What is this Contortionists Handbook of which you speak? I have hypermobility, if that's any use?

i'm reading American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis...i made the mistake of watching the film first though, the book is 15 times better. There is sooooo much the film misses out on...

Ive also just started to read Little People by Tom Holt, which is an extremely funny book...Holt is a fantastic writer...

Currently reading Michael Palin 'Himalaya', which owns the travel book genre, and Bill Bryson's 'History of Nearly Everything', which owns the great book on the toilet genre.

I just finishing up the Pullman trilogy.
Am halfway through Cloud Atlas too, need to get back to that.

Fante, 'Wait Until Spring, Bandini'. Ask the Dust was so good, I'm developing a kind of addiction. And falling in love with reading again.

For non-fiction, several different books on 17th century protestantism, and a history of anarchism. All good.

The June issue of Macworld is pretty great. 101 reasons to Mac OS X Tiger. Fantastic.

I'm reading "Knowledge of Angels" at the moment, it isn't easy to get into, but worth it when you do. (unless the ending ruins it)

The last book I finished was "You Shall Know Our Velocity" by Dave Eggers which started *so* well, but lost it halfway through.

Currently reading The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides which is dark and very good.

Just read Perfect Sounds Forever. It was a book about Pavement. Quite good but abit short. Finished it in a day.

I urge everyone to read Million Little Pieces by James Frey. A very beautiful book!

generalissimo el busho
by ted rall
its a collection of his essays and cartoons on the bush years from 2000 onwards...

last exit to brooklyn - hubert selby jr.

veryveryvery good.

life of pi's awsome. i'm reading fierce invalids home from a hot climate, and the water babies. save money on acid, just read that book, it's trippy as hell. oh and romeo and juliet for english. fun fun fun

I just got 'how we are hungry' short stories by DAve Eggers im hoping it isn't a let down like 'you shall know our velocity' sample title:

'what it means when a crowd in a far away county takes a soldier representing your own nation, shoots him, drags him from his vehicle and then mutilates him in the dust'

The last great book I read was 'happiness' by Will Ferguson, it's the book douglas coupland would have written if he hated people.

A forgettable spy novel by Deaver, whose title I forget. Time Quake by Vonnegut. Not a great swan song for KV but it is KV afterall. I think I'm gonna check out another by the World According to Garp author, whose name also escapes me.

About three quarters of the way through 'Zen and the art of Motorcycle maintanence' which is v good.

Finished reading 'Invisible Man' by Ralph Ellison which was amazing!

Recently

Catch-22
Hulk Hogan's autobiography
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Kingdom Come, which is some DC Comics Superman thing.

Also I got a free copy of War of the Worlds today with the paper!

ADD won't let me read.

I've not read The Contortionist's Handbook, but I have heard good things so it's on my to-read list. Along with some hundred others I will get around to reading sometime.

If you're after suggestions, sean, most Palahniuk fans I've spoken to seem to like Will Christopher Baer's stuff. Kiss Me, Judas (first in his Poe trilogy, soon to be a movie?) is pretty strange and along the same modern noir-ish lines.

Just now, I'm reading Naked Lunch (William S Burroughs) and I just finished Skinny Legs And All (Tom Robbins).

Currently racing through Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy which I picked up ages ago from a charity shop. It's really really good although the made up science bits get a bit much this time. Arthur Dent, hero for our time. Love the fact digital watches are the pinnacle of technology in it. Probably daft to read it just before the film but hey ho glad I am.

Just picked up this month's MacUser. Excellent features on the improved UNIX kernel in OS X v10.4.

has he got a new book out already? I got non fiction for christmas and haven't read it yet.

im reading dispatches by michael herr at the moment, which is pretty cool.