Some suggestions from the thread:
Save The Population by Naomi Klein and Michael Moore (Accurate but depressing reading)
Universally Speaking by Richard Dawkins (A child's guide to atheism)
One Hot Minute By Nicholson Baker ('A middle-aged writer makes a pot of tea. While waiting for the water to boil, he ruminates on telephone etiquette, book jacket design, the sound and feel of carpeting, and ways to furtively masturbate.')