The list of lists is here – the completely incomplete list of classic things. Cars, shoes, CDs, cameras, novels – like, everything.

And ‘classic’ is a broad church. You should own an E-Type and a Landrover Defender. Jack Purcells and Gucci loafers. Hüsker Dü AND Lionel Richie.

…Dipping his Jheri-curled soul into everything from renegade funk (“Running With the Night”) to stone-skipping syrup (“Stuck On You”), Richie creates one of the greatest guilty pleasures in music history. You will know the words to each and every song, and you will sing them and dance like a fool.

Worth a read, if only to see why Gore Vidal and Point Break should live side-by-side on your shelf.

The classics you should already own [Men.Style.com]

A new year means a new Malt Whisky Yearbook – the definitive guide to whisky shops, whisky sites, whisky books and, well, whisky.

2006’s Yearbook was a smash success, and this is sure to follow suit. There’s statistics (of what, we’re not sure), plenty of photos, a retrospective on the whisky year that was and features by a barrel load of whisky celebrities.

And at only $27.50 including shipping (from its only retailer in the US), it’s a must-read for who drink a lot of malt whisky.

And likely to be that one-eyed reading required when you’ve been, like, drinking a lot of malt whisky.

Malt Whisky Yearbook 2007 [Doceon Press via The Scotch Blog]

Homebrewing beer is one of those great hobbies that not only lets you indulge your ‘DIY genius’ fantasy, but also allows you to drink a lot of beer.

But being that the world’s best beer is brewed by Trappist monks in Belgium, rather than by you in your garage, perhaps its time to stop focusing on your process and instead look at your soul.

Well, maybe not, but Brew Like A Monk by Stan Hieronymus could be a good start. Starting with the history of beer in Belgium and moving onto how its brewed, the book then tells you how you can attempt to emulate theirs techniques in your own home.

Gown and shaved crown not included.

Book Review: Brew Like A Monk by Stan Hieronymus [A Good Beer Blog]

More Father’s Day gift ideas from the land of the obscenely rich: a $1,500 Ferrari pen.

What makes this $1,500? Well, it’s Ferrari. And it’s red. And it writes well. How well? $1,500 well.

Ferrari Pen [via Productose]

Want to store your books on a shelf but can’t find one that fits with your room’s decor? Forget those bulky, visible bookshelves and get with the times! These invisible bookshelves allow you to float books anywhere on your walls.

The “invisible bookshelf” is completely obscured by the books you put on it, creating the illusion of floating piles of books mysteriously affixed to your walls — best of all is the charming franglais sales-copy that accompanies the shelf’s listing at Singulier.

Invisible Bookshelf [Boing Boing]

Goodbye Miss Cleo, hello Anthony Dias Blue! This handy compendium will tell you everything you need to know about the stuff you’ll find at the corner store, which could really come in handy if you’re looking for something new to add to your bar but don’t have the budget to sample aisle seven in its entirety.

Living up to its name, this book offers a ton of information on everything from Brandy to Vodka. The book offers comprehensive historical backgrounds and general pricing information on all kinds of booze, which makes it an indispensable reference when you’re trying to decide what to buy. But the real value of the book is in the tasting notes, which give you a two-to-three sentence description of the quality and taste of hundreds of liquors, both common and rare.

The Complete Book of Spirits [Liquor Snob]

For everything you ever wanted to know about cigars, as well as everything you didn’t, there is Perelman’s Pocket Cyclopedia of Cigars 2006. This reference text makes no attempt at reviewing or recommended cigars, it simply informs you about the origins of your stick.

This is one of those kind of books you can do without. I mean smoking a cigar is just that, smoking a cigar. It’s not complicated if smoking a stogie is all that is required to fullfill your enjoyment. However, as in anything we choose to do whether a hobby or whatever, there are some overlooked references that can add to your enjoyment and I think that, Perelman’s Pocket Cyclopedia of Cigars 2006 can add to your smoking pleasure.

Perelman’s Pocket Cyclopedia of Cigars 2006 [Blank Mind Blog]

For writers struggling to get an agent or a publisher, it’s almost too big of a dream to think of reaching the best-seller list. Now, think of being the top-selling author, in the world, for an entire decade. John Grisham reached that almost impossible pinnacle. He was the top-selling author of the 1990s, and including his work in this new century, he totals more than 100 million books sold.

His books continue to dominate the publishing landscape. When his most recent novel, The Broker, was published in January of 2005, it sold more than 80,000 copies in its first week of release. And that figure only includes sales at Borders, Barnes & Noble, and Waldenbooks.

Grisham has worn his success well over the years. He remains accessible, personable, and friendly. And he uses his powerful position to benefit a number of worthy causes. He endowed a visiting writer position at the University of Mississippi that attracts prestigious authors to Oxford each year. He also funded a number of fellowships so that talented students can study in the creative writing department at Ole Miss. He has built athletic fields in Mississippi and Virginia for local little leagues. And he was so affected by the devastation from Hurricane Katrina that he gave $5 million to the relief efforts.

We were honored that Grisham was willing to speak with us about the legends of his publication, his work habits, and his theories of writing suspense.

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If you aren’t familiar with the blog, Post Secret is an ongoing art project that invites people to send in their secrets on homemade post cards. I’ve been reading the site for a while now (updated every Sunday) and picked up the Post Secret book yesterday.

If the site does anything at all for you, the book is a must-have item. Moving, chilling, heart-breaking, clever and true are all words that jump off the pages of secret-covered post cards that make up the nearly 300 pages in the collection. See a secret, share a secret and experience the one-of-a-kind living artwork that is Post Secret.

If we were to peer backward from, say, 50 years hence at the books available today, we could probably identify dozens or hundreds that had something useful to say had we only listened. From today’s perspective, however, it is difficult to identify those insightful passages, let alone the books that contain them, from among the thousands that address some aspect of the future.But suppose we tried for something more modest – a list of 50 books covering broad topics that seem likely to be important in thinking about the future human condition. What might that list of 50 books look like?

The reality is that most look like really dry reading (and, coincidentally, most of them are). The analysis comes from experts who know what they’re talking about (Keynes, Nye, Friedman, etc.) but if you don’t have a better use of your time than reading the last four U.N. Human Development Reports, I suggest you find one.

50 Books for Thinking About the Future Human Condition [Rand Pardee Center]