I remember reading "survival in auschwitz." a hard book, just because it was hard to get everything done. didn't hurt that an old teacher kept demanding we acknowledge why Levi hated himself.
anywho, because it's always fun:
"Scott Pilgrim vol 1 and 2" by Bryan Lee O'Malley
technically not a book, but a kick-ass graphic novel. story follows Scott Pilgrim as he falls in love with a Amazon.ca delivery girl, and then fights her league of evil ex-boyfriends while trying to deal with a 16-year old girl who's crushing a bit too hard on him--and is still working on her martial arts/hipster cred.
...and from which i freely steal avatars.