Two book recommendations:

"The Kite Runner," Khaled Hosseini's novel about a young Afghan boy, Amir, as he faces the challenges that confront him on the path to manhood.

"Night," Elie Wiesel's memoir of his experiences during the Holocaust. It's the current Oprah's Book Club pick.

Up next: "Case Histories" by Kate Atkinson, picked as one of the year's best by Stephen King in his Entertainment Weekly column.