"Maus (parts one and two) by Art Spiegelman ($25). It's a graphic novel about the author's father's survival during World War II. Books about WWII seem to be a popular genre, and I would put this book at the top of the list with Elie Wiesel's Night. I read it about 15 years ago, and the way the author describes the train ride to the camp, along with the graphics, haunts me still to this day." — Hilary M.