What do you read?

Hey everyone.I'm all set to take a vacation with my family next Friday and I was wondering if I could get some input on what would be considered good reading material. Must be suitable for beach reading. Fiction/non-fiction, any genre accepted, and no subjective suggestion will go unconsidered. Prizes for the winner(s). Thanks, and have a good one.

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"My own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. J.B.S Haldane 1892-1964

Thanks, everyone. Actually, my trip starts this coming Friday the 26th, so keep 'em coming! Great suggestions, all.If I might expand upon my request, maybe this thread could be extended to any 'ol thoughts on reading--I, for one, could always use reading suggestions which are not just vacation-motivated...I just finished reading "John Adams" by David McCullough, which, if you like history and biographies, was a great read. Another recent one was "Running with Scissors" by Augusten Burroughs. Hilarious.I agree anything by Dan Brown is a great page turner. I haven't read his latest Robert Langdon book, I forget what it's called... Anyone ever read anything by Neal Stephenson? "Cryptonomicon" is one of his best, IMO. Any fiction which highlights graphs, diagrams and equations as an integral part of the story is great, cerebral fun. My wife, however, thinks I'm a total and complete nerd.

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"My own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. J.B.S Haldane 1892-1964

Y'know, for all the comments about that trilogy about it being such a slog to get through, I never saw it that way. And I read it twice. I haven't read Anathem either, but I'll put it on my list...Thanks.

I'm thinking about Gould's Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes by Gould and Cosmos by Sagan. Any reviews on either of these?