If Who Moved My Cheese made you want to crawl under your desk and contemplate the horrific corporate mindset that sees employees as mice scurrying mindlessly for their cheese, then you will find Values-Driven Business to be a refreshing approach to running a business. It is certainly a model that has informed the way that Biblio is run.

If you hate Harry Potter and need a great fantasy series, then you will love Cooper's The Dark is Rising books. It's a classic story of good vs. evil, with 11 year-old Will Stanton responsible for protecting the innocent. Drawn from Authurian legend and Celtic folklore, these books are smart, beautifully written and full of suspense! Two books in the series were winners of the Newberry Medal Award.

If you hate poorly written, overhyped thrillers with impossibly rich, rugged heroes you'll love Alan Furst's novels. Furst writes in a terse, minimal style about ordinary people in extraordinary times: a recurring theme is ordinary people who enlist in the fight against the Nazis. The settings come alive, and the characters are swiftly drawn caricatures that you feel like you know in just a few paragraphs.

If you hate inspirational, uplifting books from people like Wayne Dyer, a splash of Cormac McCarthy punch will chase down that sugariness with a stout, reality-laden kick sure to get your head out of the clouds.

If you're feeling just a wee-bit optimistic and just need to take the edge off so you can get behind the wheel, try reading Outer Dark, or Blood Meridian (arguably his finest work, and perhaps one of the finest in the canon of 20th century literature).

If you're reeling in the back of a cab, and hearing the lines "just follow the yellow brick road" echoing against your temples, The Road is certain to give you a nice bitterdark jolt of grim reality that'll get you back from Oz and back onto... well... the real road.

If you hate books about Taoism or other Eastern religions because they are dry, obscure or boring, you'll love The Tao of Pooh. Benjamin Hoff has written an entertaining, short and clear exploration of the Tao and how it can be applied in Western lives. Also try The Te of Piglet.