I've grown to love most of J.D. Salinger's work, for one reason or another. His whole life is just so interesting, how can I not be intrigued.

Another author, Tim O'Brien, writes fiction based on his experiences in Vietnam. All of his books are either very funny or very passionate and romantic, and sometimes both.

Other than that, I'm pretty open to authors. I just picked up "The Lizard King" - a newer book about Jim Morrison and the mysterious events around his death. Supposedly it gives new evidence which should end all the rumors, but we'll see. It does have like 30-something pages of original interviews, which is why I originally got it.

As long as a book teaches me something, or gives me a new appreciation for something, I'll probably read it. ~