If you are a fan of all things science and especially if you are a fan of the author Carl Sagan, I would recommend you pick up “The Varieties of Scientific Experience” by Carl Sagan (published 2006). The book is a compilation of his lectures given while in Scotland in 1985 , where he was invited to give the famous Gifford Lectures. In it he expands upon his views of divinity in the natural world.

If have never read any of Carl Sagan’s works, I would recommend my favorite so far, “The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark” (it blew my socks completely off when I read it for the first time).

I’ve been reading another book by Bill Bryson entitled, “I’m a Stranger Here Myself”. Each chapter in the book is basically from a regular British newspaper column he wrote for, on his experiences coming back to America after being away in England for 20 years. Some chapters can be a bit boring or just too sarcastic, but most are pretty funny and sum up a lot of my own feelings about American culture. Check it out of your local library as I did, if you have the chance. Also, check out the audio book version of “A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail” by the same author, if you like travel diaries (it really funny in spots).