I can honestly say that I like all of the suggestions made in this thread.

Would anyone else like to comment on the suggestions made so far?

I’ll hazard to suggest Carl Jung’s Memories, Dreams, Reflections as a possible choice of non-fiction.

Jung wrote this book (with the help of Aniela Jaffe) only after overcoming his own displeasure in the idea. It’s a wonderful examination of his life, his relationship to Sigmund Freud, his personal exploration of his unconscious through dreams, and the contrast between his professional life and his innermost conception of the mind. Often, he kept the two separated. If anything, this book reveals more about the man than his body of work in psychiatry.

At times, the book is written with passion and insight. He breaks down his own barriers for us to see and to consider, and he asks us several questions - not in so many words, but in so many ideas.

It can be a hard read (conceptually, not literally) at times, and yet I found something strange and wonderful in his deeply personal explorations of his ‘self’. Some passages moved me to stop and meditate. It confused me at moments and simply entertained me at others. For a non-fiction book - one written by such an icon of the 20th Century - I found it an engaging story, tantalizingly voyeuristic, and refreshingly real and honest.

It's not necessary to adhere to his style of life or accept his general conclusions to derive pleasure from reading this book. It is, in my opinion, intensely human.

Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens our Future
Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum

This one appeals to me. I think it deals with many issues that are important, and that have come to the forefront recently. I do believe that many are ignorant about the world, and especailly of the world of science. I must admit, that I am probably one of them. The title is very interesting, and the link is informative. I think the book would be very informative as well.

I'm locking this thread. We've had plenty of time for suggestions and feedback on suggestions. The poll will be up shortly!