Van Gogh: A Self-Portrait
letters by Vincent Van Gogh. ed. WH Auden.
-Auden wrote about the letters, "there is scarcely one letter by van Gogh which I ... do not find fascinating." I'll have to take his word for it because and gave up on the book (almost exactly) halfway through.

The Invention of Everything Else
by Samantha Hunt
- After the first 50 pages it seemed pretty good, but I decided to stop.  Complicated feelings about the project.  But it seems smart and readable.