Things I Like

1) The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac, by Freedarko.

This book is perpetually on my coffee table, if only so I can read through it (again and again) every time there's a commercial break during the NBA playoffs. It's a really hard book to describe, but if you think you might enjoy Langston Hughes references in an essay on Lamar Odom, or might like a digression into Shanghai architecture and globalization while reading about Yao Ming, then get this book.

2) The Talent Code, by Daniel