Read This Book: My Reality Check Bounced!

No, this isn't a book about Richard Hatch not claiming his earning off CBS's Survivor. Author Jason Ryan Dorsey's follow-up to his last work, Graduate to Your Perfect Job, provides advice for twentysomethings trying to jumpstart their careers. Peppered with real-life stories and motivating advice, Dorsey's latest book is a must read while on that hour-long train ride to work.

Quarterlife Crisis co-author Abby (Wilner) Miller says, "Dorsey offers irresistible inspiration for quarterlifers in crisis. His step-by-step strategies will get you moving in the right direction." My Reality Check Bounced! "reveals exactly how to break free of your real-world rut to find your authentic, meaningful path," says Jack Canfield, author of Chicken Soup for the Soul. And, Saturday Night Live star Kenan Thompson says of Dorsey, "I've seen him help people our age make life-changing decisions for the better. He is a real inspiration for our generation."

Three ringing endorsements, plus another one from HATCH. So what are you waiting for? Go cash in on this book. [My Reality Check Bounced!]

Read This Book: Apathy and Other Small Victories

I was stealing salt shakers again. Ten, sometimes twelve a night, shoving them in my pockets, hiding them up my sleeves, smuggling them out of bars and diners and anywhere else I could find them. In the morning, wherever I woke up, I was always covered in salt. I was cured meat. I had become beef jerky. Even as a small, small child, I knew it would one day come to this.

So opens Paul Neilan's debut novel about "one man's desperate fight to assign absolutely no meaning to modern life." Witty, hilarious, irreverent, brilliant. "If Camus and Bukowski had written A Confederacy of Dunces and combined it with the screenplay for Office Space," says Never Mind the Pollacks author Neal Pollack, "it would have been this book." [Apathy and Other Small Victories] [Paul Neilan's Blog]

Read This Book: Delaying the Real World

This isn't a suggestion to TiVo your favorite hot tub scenes from MTV's cornerstone reality show. This is a book that ventures into the world of post-college adventure beyond the corporate jungle. "In this one-of-a-kind guide, author Colleen Kinder scouts out experiences that will not only satisfy your free spirit but also pay the bills, make the world a better place, and maybe even catapult you into a future career. Including stories from young adventurers and detailed information on making these dreams a reality, Delaying the Real World is a road map for the new graduate." So feel free to delay the real world. Just don't delay reading this book. [Delaying the Real World]