For some reason, I've been unable to 'get into' fiction for the last few years. I tear through non-fiction stuff (especially history, economics or linguistics related), but get bored even with authors that I've always enjoyed. This thread has given a lot of great suggestions though....maybe I need to branch out more.

FWIW...I'm reading Nudge (a book on behavioral economics), the Power of Babel (a book on how languages transform over time) and also re-reading The Prince by Machiavelli.