Nerds of America, Unite

I sometimes claim that I can't be friends with people who don't like to read. I mean, how can you not LOVE reading? Not that everyone has to love the same books I love (though it is good if you do), but I just can't imagine life without a book in bed at the end of every day. (Clearly, I, too, am in need of the t-shirt Jon Stewart was recently given on The Daily Show emblazoned with "Nerd Society of America" on it.)

Apparently, I make exceptions to my claim, since I go to sleep next to someone who has taken one of the same two books to bed every night for about a year (Hawaii by James Michener, and some French cookbook that was free in a used bookstore) and then fallen asleep after 30 seconds. But since I suspect most of the rest of you are readers, I thought it would be fun to post this three-part, book-related question, which I found over on the blog finslippy:

1)What's the book you wish you had written?

2) What book do you read when you want something comforting and familiar?

And 3) What book do you think everyone should read?