got the idea from the "what's in your CD player thread," figured it'll be a good way to get some book reviews and new ideas for reading matter.
anyway, here goes...

"Utopia" - by Thomas Moore
Actually, I just finished it and reading "The Life of Sir Thomas Moore" by William Roper (Moore's son in law). It's actually pretty boring. Utopia was a pretty interesting read. I've wanted to read it for a long time, just never got to it. amazing how progressive Moore was for his time (1500's), although it's hard to tell from the book whether he's actually advocating those Utopian ideas expressed by Hoytholday, since the book is written in the form of a dialogue - probably to protect himself for expressing those radical ideas.
bottom line - not exactly a great read, but is a must-read because of its later impacts on the intellectual history of Europe.