The book that inspired the birth of reddit
<i>Read at least one book this summer, you'll be better for it</i><p>This is such a refreshing thing to read in a tech community that seems to so unfairly decry literature.  (And, no, rereading 1984 doesn't count.)<p>I also recommend people check out Alexis's short eBook, <i>Make Something People Love</i>: (<a href="http://www.hyperink.com/Make-Something-People-Love-Lessons-From-A-Startup-Guy-b1478" rel="nofollow">http://www.hyperink.com/Make-Something-People-Love-Lessons-F...</a>).  It's ten bucks and something like seventy pages: easy to cruise through on a lazy afternoon, and has a very pleasant perspective on the philosophy behind creation.  Alexis is a gifted writer, and you certainly feel his personality on the pages.