• Ultra Marathon Man— Dean Karnazes (Not so much a training book as an inspirational story)
• Way of the Peaceful Warrior— Dan Millman. Everyone, especially endurance athletes should read this. It's the kind of book that everyone sort-of understands, but you understand on a whole different level if you are an athlete.
• The Alchemist— Paul Cohelo (Kind of like Way of the Peaceful Warrior
• Anything by David Sedaris. You will catch yourself laughing out loud. I recommend Me Talk Pretty One Day

Under the Banner of Heaven - Nonfictional scary history of the FLDS Church
Angels and Demons - Fiction
A Brief History of Everything - Nonfiction, um, a brief history of everything. (recommend book on tape so you don't get tired head)

Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer, by Lynne Cox.

Thanks guys-this all makes a great list. I'll plan to take just a few with me or I'll totally get into them and spend all of my time obsessively reading!

Anything by Bill Bryson is entertaining, educational, and generally easy to read. I can't tell you how many times I've laughed out loud while reading his stuff.

If you're into history, I've recently gotten into David McCullough. He wrote John Adams, 1776, etc. I can't put them down.

I also liked Swiming to Antarctica a lot. I'm reading a Concise History of the Roman Catholic Church by Thomas BokenKotter and Philosophy of History by William H. Dray. (Yes, I am a history and philosophy major, and yes I am a nerd...) Both of these books I thought were good, the latter if you're interested in philosophy, but the Concise History, I thought, would be good for anyone who is looking for a good overview of church history from a Roman Catholic perspective. But if you're looking for something more relaxed, I definitely enjoyed Swimming to Antarctica. I read it in two days because it was sooo good.