Kind of like having your brain smashed out with by a brick with a slick of lemon. Funniest radio series ever. Adams was the king of one liners.

Some people prefer the film, or Survivor, but I think theres more dislocation from reality in the book.

Snappy, short and 1920's. I want to be Gatsby

A parody on rusty old academics and the advancing tide of liberalism.

WWII story told from an unwilling American Airforce conscript. If you are addicted to war read this - it is obvious that George Bush hasn't.

I'm not much of a horror fan but this is short and bloody, which is good.

First hand account of the failure of the popular front. Depressing but insightful.

Real life account of a man sent to a prison colony for a crime he didn't do, and then escapes from Devil's Island. Philosophical and introspective, but always full of hope.

This is by far the greatest play ever written. It has everything. There is a divinty that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will etc.

Philip K Dick is at his best when writing short stories, and if you want snappy these are the way to go. Don't read Faith of our Fathers until the end - its scary.

A quick summary of America, from one of its greatest writers. He kept it fairly neat though.

Another anti-war book, this time indirectly about Vietnam. Haldeman's charm is that he ends on a hopeful note - interstellar peace.

All the above books are compelling literature, but I put this in as a cavet - it is quite simply boring. Not a bad story, but in comparison to the above there's no contest. 10 books and nothing doin'