A Nation of Sheep
by Andrew Napolitano

Nature Girl: A Novel
by Carl Hiaasen
The interview was a chat over what’s wrong with Florida (very funny).

What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era
by Peggy Noonan

Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
by Frans De Waal

The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
by Alex Ross
His blog
Also: Doris Kearns Goodwin - Pulitzer Prize winning author and presidential historian

The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
by Rick Warren

On the Wealth of Nations (Books That Changed the World)
by P J Orourke

The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post-Religious Right America
by Jim Wallis