I love to read. I especially love anything written by Bill Simmons. The Book of Basketball is the best NBA related book I've read by a large margin. It is very informative and incredibly funny. I'd give it an A. In honor of Simmons, I'll include a top five list. Imagine you are on a deserted island, and you get five books to read per year, one from each of your five favorite authors (they must be living, which eliminate D.F. Wallace and M. Crichton). Here's my list:
(1) Donald Miller (although I can't imagine him writing one book per year)
(2) Malcolm Gladwell
(3) Phillip Yancey
(4) Chuck Klosterman
(5) Bill Simmons
backups:
(6) John Case
(7) John Grisham (both 6 and 7 are entertaining but not especially interesting)
(8) Robin Cook
(9) John Gierach (both 8 and 9 are too repetitive for the top 5)
(10) John Krakauer
