new twist on economic theory:

Mr. Silver, you may be interested in these two books.

Animal Spirits by George A. Akerlof & Robert J. Shiller
The Big Sort, why the clustering of Like-minded America is Tearing Us Apart by Bill Bishop

Other books I can't recommend.

animal related:

A Lion Called Christian, The true Story of the Remarkable Bond Between Two Friends and a Lion by Anthony Bourke and John Rendall (fast easy read)

autobiography of sort. If you like about getting back to the land.
Made From Scratch by Jenna Wolgrin (sp) The book is in the garage book shelf.
http://coldantlerfarm.blogspot.com/
Peace At Heart, An Oregon Country Life by Barbra Drake so soo...

homesteading related back to earth kind

The Winter Harvest Handbook by Eliot Coleman great reference book BTW. MUST HAVE
The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka It's been translated and it is more about zen of homesteading bit philosophical. Another half a dozen or so books but ehhh...

I don't have time to read fiction. The other books I read are technical related to my field so would be of no interest here. Things like
Wind Energy Explained, Theory, Design and Application
The Definitive Guide to the ARM Cortex-M3 Arm Computer chip manual. Talk about dry read.

and so it goes...