@estherschindler House of Leaves.
It's not just a good read, it's an intellectual exercise in book form.
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
by Pema Chödrön
@estherschindler It's a great fun and helpful. But, these days my first pick would be Dreyer's English.
@sjvn Yeah, if I was giving out books to my writer's today, that's the one I'd choose.
@estherschindler The Sprawl Trilogy by William Gibson.
@estherschindler William Goldman's The Princess Bride, since long before the movie.
The Little Prince
@estherschindler
I think it's a toss-up among the following:
~ Jon Scalzi's _The Android's Dream_
~ Jenny Lawson's _Furiously Happy_
~ Barbara Winter's _Making a Living Without a Job: Winning Ways For Creating Work That You Love_
@estherschindler it s tailored individually to the friend but the book I’ve given more than once is “the immortal life of Henrietta Lacks” and “So you want to talk about race”
If it's professionally-related (e.g. giving books to people who wrote for me) without question it is Eats Shoots & Leaves, as some years ago I gave copies to all my freelancers. https://amzn.to/2POdCis