What Watchmen did for postmodern superhero, Logicomix does for the the Bertrand Russel's foundational quest for truth in Mathematics.  In Logicomix, Bertrand Russel narrates his own story, from childhood with his strange, mysterious grandparents, to his student years , to his teaching years and lecturing years.  This graphic novel explained logic to me in a way that I understood (mostly) for the first time, by combining it with history, a little bit of humor, a little bit of romance, madness, war, and theater.  This book would be great for students

The Center Cannot Hold is one of the best memoirs in contemporary insanity lit. Ellyn Saks is a professor of both law and psychiatry and is a strong advocate for the legal rights of the mentally ill. If you liked Touched With Fire by Kay Redfield Jamison, or Girl, Interrupted by Susannah Kayson, this engrossing book shows schizophrenia from an insider’s point of view.

This is the funniest book I’ve ever read about groceries. Pocker is obsessive, outrageous, obnoxious, and he really knows his way around shopping.

This gothic, gorgeously written novel tells the story of a wealthy widower and the wife who found him in a newspaper ad. The story takes place in desolate wisconsin, 1907. I love this book!