NIGHT-TABLE READING

Bay Bradbury

AUTHOR, WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS (MORROW)

TENDER IS THE NIGHT, BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD (SCRIBNER)

I'm currently rereading Tender Is the Night, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, whom I consider to be the best writer of the 20th century. Tender Is the Night is the most outstanding novel I've ever read. Fitzgerald had a way of writing prose poetry amidst his stories. It is this poetic tendency that I very much love. In fact I've written six stories about him to show my love.

Steven Gaines

AUTHOR. FOOL'S PARADISE: PLAYERS, POSEURS, AND THE CULTURE OF EXCESS IN SOUTH BEACH (CROWN)

HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS AND HOW EASILY IT CAN BE BROKEN: ESSAYS, BY DANIEL MENDELSOHN (HARPERCOLLINS)

I keep dipping into this wonderful collection of essays about books and movies and plays, most of them written for The New York Review of Books. Mendelsohn, who won a National Book Critics Circle Award for book reviewing, is a gifted and entertaining writer. His prose is gorgeous and lyrical and his subjects are smartly considered and freshly revealed, from Virginia Woolf and The Hours to Kill Bill and the Iliad.

Donny Deutsch

CO-AUTHOR, THI BIG IDEA: HOW TO MAKE YOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL DREAMS COME TRUE, FROM THE AHA MOMENT TO YOUR FIRST MILLION (HYPERION)

NEGOTIATION GENIUS, BY DEEPAK MALHOTRA AND MAX BAZERMAN (BANTAM)

I just completed Negotiation Genius, by two Harvard Business School professors who combine their teachings with years of psychological research and real-life examples. It's a practical and effective guide for anyone who wants to become a better negotiator... and isn't there always room for improvement?

Ryan DAgostino

AUTHOR, RICH LIKE THEM:

MY DOOR-TO-DOOR SEARCH FOR THE SECRETS OF WEALTH IN AMERICA'S RICHEST NEIGHBORHOODS (LITTLE, BROWN)

GOOD GUYS & BAD GUYS, BY JOE NOCERA (PORTFOLIO)

Nocera, an unimpeachable reporter, has illuminated the world of business for going on three decades. The pieces in this collection-tales of Steve Jobs, Starbucks, Enron, China, and a lot more—span his career, but the book couldn't be more timely. There's wisdom in his stories, something the business world could use right now.