Currently reading
A London Family, 1870-1900: A Trilogy
The Cellist of Sarajevo
Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
All the Names
A History of the World in 100 Objects
Down the Garden Path
Virtue Betray'd, Or, Anna Bullen
Year of Wonders
Swallows and Amazons
Illusion in java
Terpin
I liked this short book when I read it as a teenager. Schoolboy Terpin tells a consoling lie to a stranger that contributes to the man's suicide. Horrified, Terpin vows never to tell a lie again. But his total honesty doesn't make him very popular. Funny and sad by turns. A good coming-of-age book.