Books are favorite gifts to give and to receive during the holidays.
The following University of Dayton experts offer their opinions on the best books to consider this year. Contact information for each source is included. For this final Christmas of the 1900s, give the best book you can to a loved one, meaning one that had a great influence on your own development when you were about the same age as the recipient, says James P. Farrelly, English professor at the University of Dayton. In his case, Huckleberry Finn started his love of reading and Lord of the Flies was a college revelation. Dune was his science fiction starting point.