[1undo]

My general rule is: if the book is in Barnes & Nobles its not worth reading. If you want true enlightening from reading branch out from what everyone else reads. The best books I have ever read in my life didn't even get published. Check out Thomas Hardy: The Poor Man and the Lady. Which was rejected my 5 publishers

[cafard]

I haven't walked into a Barnes & Noble in a while, for the one that used to be in walking distance is closed. But I would be very surprised if I couldn't walk into the nearest B&N and find forty pounds of books that a) are worth reading and b) that I haven't read.

[strictnein]

Plenty of those books are good places to start learning about a topic. Get a basic understanding of something and then, if you find it interesting, go deeper.