It has long been my habit to alternate best sellers and classics. I believe it promotes elasticity of the mind. (Oh, wow! Somebody please quote me!)

Anyway, before that rubber-band cortex of mine snaps back on itself, these are the books I've read since the new year began:

(Classics)

"Anthem" (Ayn Rand)

"H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction" (H.P. Lovecraft)

"Mere Christianity" (C.S. Lewis)

"The Black Arrow: A Tale of Two Roses" Robert Louis Stevenson

"The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Best Sellers:

"Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India"
Joseph Lelyveld

"The Free World" David Bezmozgis

"Gangster Government" David Freddoso

"The Social Animal" David Brooks

Of the best sellers, I can recommend all four. I HIGHLY recommend the reading of "Gangster Government" before the '12 election, though if anyone actually needs this book to help them decide...uh, ya' haven't been paying attention!!!