In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India Interesting book. The author has his biases, but gives a good picture of the state of Indian politics on the whole.
A Confederacy of Dunces
The Perfect Man: A Novel
Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany (Vintage)
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
Water for Elephants: A Novel
The Namesake
Water
Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.)