Remember that previous post encouraging you to pick up a book and read? Here is a great list to choose from, the Man Booker's shortlist for 2007:
“Darkmans,” by Nicola Barker.
“The Gathering,” by Anne Enright
“The Reluctant Fundamentalist,” by Mohsin Hamid
“Mister Pip,” by Lloyd Jones
“On Chesil Beach,” by Ian McEwan
“Animal’s People,” by Indra Sinha

The winner of the Booker prize will be announced October 16. Also, check out http://www.themanbookerprize.com/ for a some great topic reading, plus an opportunity to debate the 2007 shortlist and make your arguments for who wasn't included.

Source: http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/the-booker-cut/