I'm reading "I Killed", which is an anthology of anecdotes from stand-up comedians about performance, heckling, life on the road, and similar stuff. Great read for the aspiring comedian in me
I'm also reading "The Last Temptation Of Christ" by Nikos Kazantzakis. I don't like it as much as the film so far, but it's still good. It's a fascinating story along the lines of counterfactual history. This story is such an inspiring one that I find it depressing that it was universally denounced by every Christian sect.
I just finished "As The Romans Do" by Alan Epstein. Epstein is an American professor of European history who moved to Rome with his wife and two young sons in 1990. It's a collection of essays about Rome, his family's assimilation into Italian life, and Italian culture from an outsider's perspective. Like a lot of travel writing, it says as much about where the author came from as it does about where he went. I recommend it highly for anyone who plans to visit Rome or just has an interest in Italy.