Recent reads include:

Light reading:
Geography Club by Brent Hartinger
Harry Potter 6, 1 and 2 by J.K. Rowling
Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
Femme's Guide to the Universe by Shar Rednour
No Touch Monkey by Ayun Halliday (although I think the Big Rumpus is MUCH better)

Not so light reading:
The Trouble with Islam by Irshad Manji
Crimes Against Nature by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas L. Friedman