What are you reading?

I am curious to see what others are reading...What are others picking up and reading? What has been your favourite book & why? How has it touched your life and what was it that really touched you or made you want to recommend it? Okay so I'm not hugely into fiction but I love fiction that has a true purpose & point. I used to read Francine Rivers or Janette Oke and other Christian fiction authors but that was when I had few responsibilities & lots of time as a teenager. My all-time favourite book is The City of Joy by Dominique Lapierre. It talks about India and what life was like for the untouchables and also about leper camps. It was a true eye opener for me since I really didn't know that much about them. I knew about India but had never read about its poorest part and especially written by someone who worked and lived there but was not Indian. My second favourites (tied) are actually fictional novels: Les Misérables (unabridged), The Count of Monte Cristo and Notre-Dame de Paris. They are very well-written and have so much depth on the human condition and are truly timeless. I sometimes miss my university Literature courses ! So what are you reading & why? I'm curious.