Just finished Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East, excellent explanation of what happened to the middle east pre/during/post WWI. Plus never realized how brutal WWI was, for really no land won/lost.
Top 3 all time greatest:The Power of One (and no this is NOT a self help book); The Far Pavillions; and The Master and Margarita
