For those of you struggling to reconcile your own religious faith with all we now know (or if you have relatives on either side of the fence who you have a hard time talking to), THANK GOD FOR EVOLUTION by Michael Dowd might just be the ticket. He joins an ever-broadening circle of writers who believe when religion and science divorced many centuries ago, both have suffered mightily for it. From an evangelical background himself, Dowd has done the hard work of “translating” traditional Judeo-Christian doctrine into a form that requires neither spiritual nor intellectual dishonesty and encourages the reader to revel in the magnificence and mystery of the cosmos. (Paperback, $16.00). Recommended by Kelly.

SEX, SLEEP, EAT, DRINK, DREAM: A Day in the Life of Your Body by science writer Jennifer Ackerman is a fun and fascinating read for hypochondriacs, amateur anatomists, and everyone else for that matter. You’ll learn the biological reasons most of us shouldn’t be hitting rush-hour traffic first thing in the morning without caffeine and that the rumors are true: you do have an internal clock and you really are controlled by your loved one’s pheremones.  Recommended by Kelly.