50 Book Challenge, books 2 through 5
2: Yolen, Jane, Briar Rose. New York: Tor, 1992. Extremely well-done fairy tale interwoven with Holocaust historical fiction that neatly avoids the usual cliches.
3: Thomas, Rob, Rats Saw God. New York: Simon Pulse, 1996. An insightful boy coming-of-age novel, including sex, by the creator of the television series Veronica Mars.
4: Vaughn, Brian K. (writer), Harris, Tony, (penciller), Feister, Tom (inker), Ex Machina Volume 1: The First Hundred Days. La Jolla, CA: Wildstorm Productions, 2005. Collection of the first five issues of new comic-book series about Mitchell Hundred, who acquires strange powers and goes on to become the mayor of New York City. Funny, intriguing, fabulous art.
5: Vaughn, Brian K. (writer), Guerra, Pia/Parlov, Goran (pencillers), Marzan, Jr., Jose (inker), Y the Last Man Volume 4: Safeword. New York: DC Comics, 2004. Latest collection of compelling comic book series about Yorick, the only male on the planet after a plague wipes out the rest.
I recommend them all.