Legal Commentary

Okay, so perhaps this genre hasn't caught on fully yet.  But I'm in the middle of a captivating book that could lead this category (it doesn't really seem to fall into "Memoirs").  It's called The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible, by A.J. Jacobs.  If the title weren't self-explanatory enough, I'll tell you that this is the true story of a secular NYC Jew who decides that reading the Encylopedia from cover to cover and writing a book about that isn't enough; so, he decides to spend a year trying to live as ancient believers did.  (For those who are wondering, yes, his wife is often displeased.)  He writes with good humor and a touch of sentimentality, and the book is, overall, quite entertaining.  See here for an excerpt.  I recommend it.