Buy a Friend a Book Week is October 1-7 (as well as the first weeks of January, April, and July). During this week, you’re encouraged to buy a friend a book for no good reason. Not for their birthday, not because it’s a holiday, not to cheer them up–just because it’s a book.
What book would you choose to give to a friend and why?
Maybe this is a cop-out answer, but it would really depend on who this friend is. I would get a book in a genre that they like reading in and something that they haven't read before.
But if I were to give a book to a random friend, I'd probably choose Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose. Cool murder mystery with monks, puzzles, a library!, and tons of history. More people need to read that book--not just weird old guys trying to look hip while waiting at the airport.
