Someone recommended "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe but "Arrow of God" is a wonderful book too. (Actually all his books are wonderful...I just met him last week, so I maybe a little biased)

Some other good books are:

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien (just kick ass)
The Art of Happiness by H.H. The Dalai Lama
The Art of War by Sun Tzu



"This girl from my past, Had ridiculous ass, She attended UMASS and she passed every class" Tribe