Besides focusing on the importance of randomness, Nassim Taleb in Black Swan says humans are made to love stories and not so much facts. Our last three books, Dreams of My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, Descartes Bones and The Johnstown Flood have been factual recounts which don't really rise to the level of novel in so many ways. So now I've been really wanting to read a good story.
If you know of a good story, respond to this post. If you want to make a suggestion for a novel to read for next year please make a note of that too.
